Medical News


DOCTORS DEFY STRIKE TO ATTEND TO BOMB VICTIMS

The Kaduna State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Dr. Mohammed Sani Ibrahim has d…

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FEC Approves $82 Million Japanese Loan To Eradicate Polio

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved an $82 million loan facility from the Japan In…

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Federal Budget Office Warns Against Pay Rise for Doctors, Others

  THE Federal Government may not accede to any request for workers' pay rise soon, g…

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NMA STRIKE: Resident Doctors Summoned as Bombblast Rocks Kaduna

An explosion occurred in central Kaduna, killing no fewer than 10 people. The blast occurred Wedne…

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Child Theft: Police Arrest Medical Doctor, NSCDC Personnel

A self-acclaimed medical doctor, one Ishmeal, and an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil De…

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Doctors deserve special treatment –NMA chieftain

Immediate past Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association in Cross River State, Dr. Ofem Enang, in t…

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Sickle Cell Disease Not Abating — Report

No fewer than three people have died as a result of sickle cell disorder in Onikan Health Centre, …

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Food-Borne Diseases Can Kill

No doubt, food-borne diseases take a major toll on health. Globally, millions of people fall ill a…

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Doctor Leading the Fight Against Ebola Infected

The doctor leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone is now being treated for the deadly vir…

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NMA Strike: Kogi Private Hospitals Reject Patients

Residents of Lokoja, Kogi State are now in dilemma over the fate of patients in the state capital …

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Nutritionist Warns Against Consumption Of Honey

Contrary to the common misconception that honey is healthier than the refined white sugar, experts…

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Police To Recruit More Medical Personnel

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has restated its commitment to the physical and mental well-being o…

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Parts of Chinese city quarantined as resident dies of BUBONIC PLAGUE after being bitten by rodent

  . Around 30,000 people from Yumen have been sent to quarantine zones . A 38-year-old vi…

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'Exciting' drug flushes out HIV

  SCIENTISTS say they have made an "exciting" step towards curing HIV by forcing …

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WHO, UNICEF report 84% immunisation coverage

  . WHO 21.8 m infants yet to receive vaccination . Search for HIV cure pushes ahead…

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TARABA ASSEMBLY PASSES HEALTHCARE BILL

The Taraba State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill establishing a State Health Care Del…

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NAFDAC Parades Two Alleged Fraudsters

•  Retrenchment pushed me into it, says accused THE National Agency for Food, Drug Adm…

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Cholera kills six in Kano state- official

  A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria‘s Kano State has killed six people and in…

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FG Will Not Print Money To Pay Doctors – Okonjo Iweala

Coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala declared ye…

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Reps, Striking Doctors Talks Ends in Deadlock, strike continues Over N13bn Arrears

Efforts by the House of Representatives to resolve the ongoing strike by medical doctors in the co…

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