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Treatment of Cancer Now Painless - Expert

A Consultant in Surgical Oncology of Appolo Hospital, Bangalore, India, Dr, Anil Kamath, has said …

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LUTH Doctors Suspend Eight-Week Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital chapter, Idi-Araba, Lagos,…

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‘Doctors’ Strike: Wages Commission, Poor Budgetary Provision Stall CONMESS’

Contrary to insinuations by Association of Resident Doctors that the Chief Medical Directors of th…

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Doctors strike paralyses Ghanas Public Health

Accra — Following a majority decision by members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to e…

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Health Workers Begin Another Strike

Government hospitals such as the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and Rivers State ow…

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Sokoto to Introduce Health Insurance

In a bid to ensure wide access to healthcare services for its citizens, Sokoto government will int…

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Basic Cholera Prevention

•  Drink and use safe water •  Cook food thoroughly •  Wash hand…

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University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Makes History

... Performs open heart surgery    AFTER its first ever kidney transplant in 2012, t…

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LASUTH Bags Two Outstanding Healthcare Awards

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has again blazed the trail in the medical pr…

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Wages Commission Says Poor Budgetary Provision Stalls CONMESS

  Indications have emerged on why the new salary scale is being delayed, contrary to insinu…

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Why JOHESU Is Afraid Of Public-Private Partnership- NMA

  The Nigerian Medical Association has criticised reported claim by Joint Health Sector Uni…

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National Health Act: Translating the Law into Quality and Accessible Healthcare

As a distinguished Senator in the 7th National Assembly, I was dedicated and devoted to the sponso…

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The Nepal Earthquake And A Medical Mix-Up: CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Reveals He Performed Brain Surgery On The Wrong Child

Chaos ensued after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, ultimately claiming more than…

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We Will Improve Health Care For Lagos Students: Vice-Chancellor UI

  Following the death of a 100 Level student Political Science, Pelewura Bolaji, at the dis…

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Surgeon’s Error Turned Me into Blind Man — Ex-columnist Falodun

Since a surgeon committed an error while carrying out an operation on his eye and caused him to go…

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Enugu Psychiatric Hospital Workers Send S.O.S to Buhari Over Alleged N254m Fraud

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu has sent a stron…

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Association of Resident Doctors UCH Suspends Its 105 Day Old Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital suspends her 105 day old strike t…

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Brain Scans May Help Predict Success Of Therapy For Psychiatric Disorders

Brain scans that look at biomarkers of brain connectivity may help predict which patients with psy…

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease May Be Treatable With Gel-Delivered Drugs

Using hydrogel to precisely target and deliver drugs to affected tissue shows promise as a treatme…

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Male Doctors More Likely To Face Legal Action Than Female Colleagues

A new study investigating sex differences in medico-legal action against doctors has found that ma…

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