Brain drain: Nigeria risks losing more eye specialists, OSN warns

By Damilola SamuelNigeria’s shortage of eye-care specialists could worsen as more ophthalmologists leave the country, with the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) estimating that the migration of a single specialist could cost the economy about $150,000 annually.The President of OSN, Dr Gloria Patrick-Ferife, raised the concern in a communiqué issued at the end of the society’s 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Abuja.The three-day conference, them