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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 747 New Cases, Highest In Five Months

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday recorded 747 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections.…

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150 Nigerian Doctors Ready for Exams Ahead Practicing In UK

No fewer than 150 Nigerian doctors interested in practising in the United Kingdom are currently wait…

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NARD Writes Ishaku, Seeks Improved Working Condition

The National Association of Resident Doctors in Taraba State on Wednesday wrote Governor Darius Isha…

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Doctors Strike: FG Appeals To NARD To Return To Negotiating Table

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olurunnimbe Mamora, has appealed to the leadership of the Natio…

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Group Urges Stakeholders To Put In Place Structures, Systems To Protect, Support Breastfeeding

A call has gone to all stakeholders spread across the nooks and crannies of the country to as a matt…

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Researchers Lament Nigerians’ Poor Compliance with COVID-19 Protocols

A group of researchers from various universities in Nigeria has lamented Nigerians’ poor compliance …

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FG Working Towards Reducing Cost Of Hepatitis Test, Says Ehanire

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the Federal Government is working towards reduci…

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Radiographers Bemoan Quackery in Hospitals, Tertiary Institutions

The Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria has decried the rate of quackery in some laboratorie…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 505 New Cases In 13 States

As the more contagious delta variant of the COVID-19) spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorde…

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Strike: Ondo Doctors Are Ready To Negotiate – NMA Chairman

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State says it is open to negotiation on its ongoing i…

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Ogun Records 8 New Cases Of COVID-19

Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has disclosed that the state recorded eight new c…

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Experts Urge Better Deal for Paediatric Radiation Oncology

Medical experts have decried dearth of paediatric radiation oncology treatment centres and fellowshi…

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FG Misses 2020, Sets 2030 As Fresh Target To Eliminate Tropical Diseases

One year after the end of the projected 2020 date for elimination of 15 major Neglected Tropical Dis…

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Nigeria Does Not Have Enough COVID-19 Isolation Centres, Yet To Learn, Say Resident Doctors

President, Association of Resident Doctors, National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Akanimo Obong, has said th…

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Allow Private Sector to Procure Vaccine, PSN Tells FG

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has appealed to the Federal Government to allow the private se…

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Don’t Sack House Officers, NYSC Doctors, Medical Guild Tells Govt

Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government under the aegis of Medical Guild have urged the gover…

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Govt Hospitals Grounded As Resident Doctors Begin Strike

The nationwide strike by resident doctors went ahead on Monday as planned with a warning from the Na…

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NARD Strike: Ogun FMC Starts Discharging Patients

Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta has started discharging patients on admission as members of th…

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FG Confirms COVID-19 Third Wave Amid Doctor’s Strike

Lagos State has recorded about 30 deaths since the COVID-19 third wave hit Nigeria last month. This …

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No Going Back On Indefinite Strike, Resident Doctors Vow

Patients and their relatives in over 56 teaching hospitals and federal health institutions across th…

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