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SURGEON GENERAL: Health workers begin warning strike Jan 15

The Assembly of Health Care Professionals (AHCP) and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have …

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Controversy Over Drug Regulation in Cross River

THE health of millions of people in Cross River State is at stake as some members of the Cross Riv…

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Licencing: Court of Appeal rules in favour of the Nigeria Association of General Practice Pharmacist Employers

AFTER 10 years of protracted legal tussle, the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has upheld the su…

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Why Doctors Suspended Planned Strike

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its impending industrial action scheduled to …

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Nigerian Medical Association Proposed Indefinite Strike Action Suspended

The NMA proposed indefinite strike action that was planned for monday 6th january 2014 has been su…

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The National Association of Northern Nigeria Students Honour FCT Health Secretary

The National Association of Northern Nigeria Students, Oduduwa Youth Development Initiatives, and …

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NAFDAC Suspends Use of Nigerian Government’s ‘Substandard’ HIV Drug

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has suspended the use of…

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Federal Medical Center Gombe Upgraded to Teaching Hospital Status

The Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Gombe has been upgraded to a Teaching Hospital. This was stated i…

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SURGEON GENERAL? President Jonathan; Do the Needful or Tender Your Resignation Letter ASAP

President Jonathan is surely a man that loves courting controversy; searching for troubles where t…

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Pharmacists Oppose Proposal for Surgeon General

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, have urged Federal gove…

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Doctors have hijacked health care service in Nigeria –Nurses President, Adeniji

The white uniform worn by nurses attracts some people to the profession, but nurses have their sha…

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Govt-JOHESU Meeting May End In Deadlock

THERE were indications yesterday that the meeting scheduled for January 7 in Abuja between the Fed…

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Nigerian Father Christmas Nature Led to Continued Funding of Postgraduate Trainings for Doctors - AMLSN Chairman

Dr Casmir Ifeanyi is the chairman, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN)…

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Health Sector Fraud: How CMD’s Loot, Divert Workers 13th Month Salary

As workers in other Federal and State Civil Service smile home with the annual 13th month basic sa…

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Nurse slumps, Dies in Edo

STAFF and members of the Psychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin City, Edo State were yesterday thrown …

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Carpets Doctors for Incessant Strikes

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has described the strike actions embarked upon by Nige…

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FG Agrees to Appoint Surgeon-General of the Federation

President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to appoint a Surgeon-General of the Federation as demanded …

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There Is Hope On the Horizon in 2014 If... President NMA

Though the health sector like most other sectors of Nigeria's economy is not immune from the c…

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Minister urges doctors to wait for 2014 budget

THE ministry of health has urged doctors to be patient for the 2014 budget to be passed so that go…

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UCH Doctors Give Management 4-day Ultimatum Over Unpaid Allowances

Hard times await thousands of patients at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan as medical …

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