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Negligence: Medical Tribunal Prosecutes Suntai’s Doctor, 13 others

No fewer than 14 medical doctors including the physician to ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Tara…

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Health Professionals Threaten Stike

IBADAN -HARD times await patients in teaching hospital national-wide as health professionals have …

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How Christian Hospitals Sustain Nigeria’s Health Sector

•Faith-based healthcare centres seek govt’s support Soon, Sacred Heart Hospital, Abeo…

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Again, Health Workers Set for Nationwide Strike on May 17

Three months after their last nationwide strike which lasted four months, the Nigerian Union of Al…

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Doctors Urged To Stop 'Over-Treating'

Doctors' leaders have launched a major campaign to stop medics "over-treating" their…

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Varsity Nursing Students May Undertake Internship Soon

Minister of state for health Fidelis Nwankwo has said “final decision” on the proposal…

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EKITI KIDNAPPINGS: NMA, ASUU Jittery As 7 Members Receive Kidnap Notice

Ado Ekiti—Worried by the spate of kidnapping of its members, both the Nigeria Medical Associ…

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Ladoke Akintola University, Teaching Hospital Doctors Protest Unpaid Salaries

• Cross section of doctors during a strike action in Lagos recently   OSOGBO—R…

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Drug-resistant typhoid 'concerning'

  Antibiotic-resistant typhoid is spreading across Africa and Asia and poses a major global…

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Study Highlights Global Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant Typhoid

In a new study, an international team of researchers reveal how an antibiotic-resistant strain of …

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Ebola And Other Deadly Diseases: 'Global Fighting Fund Needed'

Emerging infectious diseases and crises such as the Ebola outbreak, along with the growing problem…

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Personal Microbiomes Could Uniquely Identify Individuals

Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, have shown in a new …

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WHO Declare Liberia 'Free of Ebola'

The World Health Organization have declared "Liberia free of Ebola transmission." The an…

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Hospital Tasks Buhari on Medical Training

The incoming government of General Mohammadu Buhari has been urged to revitalise postgraduate trai…

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Dearth of Midwives, Threat To Maternal/Child Survival – Bauchi PHCDA

BAUCHI — The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, BPHCDA, has identified sho…

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Hospital Garvests 23 Organs From Brain-Dead Donors

In a remarkable act of humanity, Apollo Hospitals, has harvested 23 organs from five brain dead or…

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Hypertension: Experts Advocate Regular Screening, Free Anti-Hypertensives

    With over 70 percent of hypertensive patients guilty of non-compliance with thei…

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Malaria Vaccine Less Effective Than Expected

•But there are clear benefits, say researchers   HOPES of a universal, commercially …

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Nigerian Medical Association Berates Osun Over Non-Payment of Doctors’ Salaries

The South-West zone of the Nigerian Medical Association has berated the Osun State government for …

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Crisis Hits Veterinary College Over Appointment of Provost

Crisis is rocking the Federal College of Veterinary and Medical Laboratory Technology, Vom, Platea…

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