 The General Medical Council in the United Kingdom licensed at least 200 Nigerian doctors in April and May alone, increasing the number of doctors practicing in the UK from 7,870 to 8,334. The Council licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK. This development is despite a new policy by the UK government in February to discourage the aggressive recruitment of doctors from 47 developing countries facing a shortage of doctors at home, including Nigeria. Nigeria has the highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK, after India and Pakistan. However, Nigeria suffers a shortage of doctors only, with only 74,543 registered doctors in Nigeria for about 200 million people. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.