Stopping Africa's medical brain drain

The editor should be ashamed of this illiberal editorial. The real
question is why do qualified people (of all professions/trades) seek to
leave Africa? Simply put, it is for a better future for them, and
especially their children. It is their basic human right to do so.
Your editorial is sadly quite typical of the UK's chattering classes,
people who demand freedom and rights for themselves, and yet will happily
aquiesce to the effective enslavement of others in some grand social
engineering scheme.
You clearly have no clue about the situation on the ground for health
professionals in Africa. Africa is a continent ruined by a succession of
ruthless political elites who rule by a mix of patronage and thuggery
(including murder) and don't care a whit for ordinary citizens and
especially not for their healthcare.
It is axiomatic in modern ethics that any system you design you must be
prepared to live under - I look forward to the BMJ medical editorial staff
working in Africa - to set an example. Put up or shut up please.

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