As an African, reading the story made me sad, however, this is not new. The same thing happens in the US. There are countless numbers of African doctors especially Nigerian doctors, and they all have complaints about the unfair standards, though it is not as extreme as the one in this story.

I was recently at the Association of College Physicians conference in DC and nine out of ten black doctors there were Nigerians. I hear there are about 50,000 Nigerian doctors in the US not to mention the number of nurses. It is a trade albeit not fair. The foreign born health care professionals keep the countries they live in going, which is a loss to their home countries.

We can dress it up or down, the bottom line is, if you are not comfortable in your home country and you have to leave for greener pastures, you will encounter issues. Preference is usually show to the citizens of any nation. The best way around the situation is for the doctors to keep improving themselves in their field of specialization and expand their horizons to have better options. You are always treated better when it is known that you have options.