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The six-minute walk test is an easy and affordable method used to measure functional capacity. It uses the distance walked in six minutes, or the six-minute walkdistance(6MWD), at their normal pace on a hard surface, like a 30-meter hallway. This studywas x aimed at evaluating the effect of functional exercise (six minute walk test–6MWT) onblood glucose level in obese and normal weight young adult individuals. Measuredparameters included body mass index (BMI), Blood glucose level, and distance covered(m) during the 6-minute walk test. The design required the subjects to walk backandforth on a 30-meter hallway at their normal pace for six minutes. Measurements weretaken of the subjects blood glucose level before and after the six-minute walktest. Thetotal number of meters walked was calculated by multiplying the counted andrecordednumber of laps traveled by 60 meters. The statistical analysis was performed withGraphPad Prism Version 8.1. The standard error of mean (SEM) was used in graphs todisplaythe results. The dependent and independent variable means were compared usingthestudent t-test. P

The 1983 coup d’état that ousted the Shehu Shagari government out of power gave to justify their action with the poor health condition of across the country. The master minders claimed that the country’s hospitals had become “mere consulting clinics. “In the speech announcing the overthrow of the government, Sani Abacha (then a brigadier- general) lamented, “Health services are in (a) shambles as our hospitals are reduced to mere consulting clinics without drugs, water and equipment.” Depressingly, 40 years after, the last 24 years under civilian rule, not much improvement has been witnessed in the sector. (Source Punch Newspaper 14 September, 2021. page 14). Things have deteriorated in the sector so much that even the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), alongside the political elite, does not trust the country’s hospitals enough for their medical needs. Instead, have resorts to medical tourism in the United Kingdom at huge public huge expense. The British Broadcasting Corporation says Nigeria spends about $1 billion annually on medical tourism, particularly to India. This poor health infrastructure no doubt is the basic reason for the high-level exit of skilled medical workers from the county. The study examined the health implications of globalization of skilled Medical Health workers with evidence from post Covid -19 Brain Drains in Edo State Nigeria. It was discovered that globalization has produced significant shifts everywhere. Healthcare is undergoing dramatic globalization. This research is about the high level of brain drain as experience in the post covid -19 in Edo State Nigeria. With the mass exodus of doctors fleeing an increasingly hostile work and economic environment, if care is not taken, there will be nobody to consult at the decayed “clinics” again. Health is not valued until sickness comes. The study revealed that despite the risks of frontline workers during the pandemic –migration to high income countries remain attractive to medical skilled and health workers from Edo State due to better working conditions including remuneration and workload. The implications is that if not managed well, increased demand for health workers will leave considerable gaps in Edo already weak health system. (Nation Newspaper on Apr 25, 2022). It is recommended that government should intensify effort in the proper funding and encouragement of health
workers in Nigeria in order to arrest the continuous increase of brain drain in Edo State
and in Nigeria.