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Doctor’s Strike: Agony Of Patients At FMC Abeokuta

  The ongoing strike action by the Nigerian Medical Association is taking its toll on patie…

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Why We Can’t Call Off The Strike Because Of Ebola Outbreak – Lagos Medical Doctors

  In spite of the imminent threat of the Ebola Virus Disease in Lagos, striking medical …

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Suspected Ebola Patient Dies in Nigeria

  Nigeria's first suspected case of ebola has died in a Lagos hospital.   A VO…

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NMA Partners Lagos Government On Ebola

  The Lagos chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Friday said it would partner th…

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AIDS Conference Wraps Up with Focus on Research, Progress

  In 20 years, the International AIDS Conference has ballooned from a gathering of some 2,0…

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Top Doctors Ailing, Nurses Abandon Posts - JFK ER Shut

  Nurses at Liberia's premiere hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center are refusin…

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FG to Ban NMA, JOHESU Over Incessant Strikes

Miffed by recurring industrial actions in the health sector, the Federal Government may be conside…

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Ukraine Fighting Rages As Australia Ready For MH17 Site Deployment

Fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels raged Thursday (July 24) near the crash site of Malay…

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Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims

Throughout his adolescence, José Ramirez Jr., now a clinical social worker in Houston, had …

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Hopkins To Pay $190 Million After Doctor Secretly Photographed Patients

(CNN) -- Johns Hopkins Health System has agreed to pay $190 million to settle the case of a gyneco…

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Doctors Defy Cries From Patients As NMA strike Enters Day 24

THREE weeks into her industrial action, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is not giving in to…

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Nigeria: Doctors' Strike - Patients Resort to Traditional Healers in Bauchi

Bauchi — Following the lingering strike action embarked upon by members of the Nigerian Medi…

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Doctors in Kano Exempted From Strike by NMA Leadership

The leadership of the NMA in Kano State have exempted Drs in Nasarawa and Muritala Muhammed Specia…

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MERS may be airborne, scientists say

  . There have been 836 confirmed cases of MERS infection . Scientists are trying to figu…

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Acetaminophen may not relieve back pain

  Doctors often suggest taking acetaminophen for low back pain relief. But according to a n…

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Lagos State Confirms Possible Case Of Ebola Virus

  The Lagos State Government has confirmed a possible case of Ebola Virus, which is been cu…

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High-Salt Diets Could Double Risk Of Heart Woes For Diabetics

A diet loaded with salt is associated with double the risk of heart attack or stroke in people wit…

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RE: NMA Strike; kogi private hospitals reject patients

In a swift reaction to the news making rounds in the National dailys: "NMA Strike; kogi priva…

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Delta Pharmacists Play Strike in Health Sector

Workers in the health sector have been told to desist from strikes at the slightest provocation an…

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Nigeria And Norway Sign MOU to Improve Maternal And Child Health

The Federal Government of Nigeria, the Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation and Clinto…

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