Medical News


Rivers to Sanction Schools That Re-Open Before October 6

THE Rivers Government said on Monday that any school that reopened before October 6, 2014 would be…

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4 Years After Inauguration: Emadadja Cottage Hospital Abandoned

. No doctor, Nurse, Health staff . Drugs, Surgery equipment, ambulance decay .&…

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Ebola: Senate Passes Bill On Quaratine, Emergency Procedure

The Senate yesterday gave an express passage to the Nigeria Public Health quarantine, isolation an…

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Doctors Create GSM Software To Enhance Maternal Health

A team of  medical doctors in Abeokuta,  Ogun State, led by Dr. Niyi Osamiluyi, a physic…

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Can You Die Of A Broken Heart?

Extreme emotion can be a killer, says Jason G Goldman. So why did it take doctors so long to see t…

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Kano Destroys N4b Fake Drugs

The Kano State Task Force on Illicit Drugs has destroyed counterfeit drugs worth N4 billion, the C…

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Lagos Doctors Petition State Assembly Over Unpaid Salary

Lagos State resident doctors have petitioned the State House of Assembly, seeking its prompt inter…

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No Need For Medical Tourism Again –UCH boss

The treatment for non-communicable diseases such as cancer, renal and heart failure, among others …

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Death of A Uursing Mother Is A Loss To Many –Mabogunje

A clarion call has gone to all stakeholders in the health sector to make all necessary moves at en…

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Dearth of environmental health professionals worries council

The Registrar, Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON), Mr August…

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Sports Drinks have 'No Proven Benefits' And Their Promotion By Celebrities Should Be Banned, Say Doctors

  . Study: The health benefits of popular rehydration drinks remain unproven . Specialist…

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Another Lagos Doctors' Strike Imminent

A month after doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria medical Assoication, NMA, returned to work fo…

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Lagos Doctors Petition State Assembly Over Unpaid Salary

Lagos State resident doctors have petitioned the State House of Assembly, seeking its prompt inter…

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LUTH Lab Gets ISO Accreditation

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) is the first government institution to be issued an ISO …

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Reps Set to Create Surgeon-General's Office

In order to enhance improvement in the health sector in the country, the House of Representatives …

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’80 Percent Of Drugs In Nigeria Are Imported’

The Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) said at the weekend that 80 per cent o…

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NAFDAC Partners Pharmacists To Stop Counterfeiting

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Association of I…

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Nigeria: AFRH Worries Over Involvement of Quacks in IVF

Lagos — Unsuspecting women will go through more agony in the hands of quack in Vitro Fertili…

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Ebola And Controversy Over Resumption Of Schools

The Federal Government, after a meeting of the Minister of Education and states’ commissione…

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Tension at Psychiatric Hospital Over Detention Of Four Staff

There is fresh crisis at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Uselu in Edo State, over the ar…

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