A total of 529 Nigerian doctors who trained in overseas countries as medical and dental graduates failed the assessment examination conducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
The MDCN said the examination report revealed that 704 medical and 30 dental foreign-trained graduates took part in the assessment which was held on Wednesday, July 12, and Thursday, July 13, 2023, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State.
The council, however, said only 189 medical graduates and 16 dental graduates passed the examination., adding that 515 medical graduates and 14 dental graduates failed the examination.
The MDCN regulates the practice of Medicine, Dentistry, and Alternative Medicine in the country to safeguard the nation’s health care system.
