Medical News


Doctors Shelve Planned Strike in Borno

Medical Doctors in Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri have suspended their planned strike following…

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Experts Describe Functional NHIS as Solution to Universal Health Coverage

MedicalL experts have said that until Nigeria has a functional National Health Insurance Scheme (N…

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Kaduna has Replacement for Fleeing Doctors, Medics, El-Rufai Insists

Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said his administration has a replacement for the over 60 per cent of …

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Nigeria Not Prepared For another Ebola Outbreak, Says Tomori

A virologist and World Health Organisation (WHO) consultant, Professor Oyewale Tomori has said Nig…

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CANCER: Death of 72,000 Nigerians Annually Worrisome - Osinbajo

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has decried Nigeria’s record of 102,000 new cases of ca…

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Group Canvasses Increase in Community Pharmacy Services Nationwide

Pharmaceutical inventory management subscription service, Shelf Life, has canvassed for an increas…

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American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED Course 2019 Training Dates

The American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED is designed for anyone with limited or no medical…

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INSTRUCTOR COURSE: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) BLS/ FIRSTAID

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) BLS/ FIRSTAID INSTRUCTOR? &nb…

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Upcoming Basic and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (BLS ACLS) Courses

The Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course emphasizes the importance of continuous,…

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NAFDAC Intercepts, Destroys Unwholesome Fish, Soaps in Borno

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said it recently intercepted, sei…

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Tattoos, Big Risk of Contracting Hepatitis – Doctor

A consultant endocrinologist at the Akure annex of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hos…

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‘Health Coverage Possible with Health Insurance’

The Head, Provider Management, Total Health Trust, Mr Gideon Anumba, has said health insurance is …

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Nurse’s Murder: Enugu Community Accuses Police of Cover-Up

The Aku General Assembly, an umbrella body of the Aku people in the Igbo-Etiti Local Government Ar…

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Scientists Move to End HIV by 2030, Subject Findings to Global Scrutiny

Scientists have made advances in their quest to eliminate the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV)/…

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Lab Scientists Seek Better Treatment, Urge Industrial Harmony

The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) has called on the Federal Governme…

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Improving Preparedness for Ebola, Epidemic-Prone Diseases

The arrival of Ebola in Lagos on July 20, 2014 created serious concerns to the global health commu…

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Nigeria Needs N19.46bn to Prevent 70,327 Cancer Deaths Yearly

To stop the deaths of 70,327 lives lost yearly to cancer, Nigeria needs over N19.46 billion yearly…

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NMA Laments Suicide among Health Workers

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is worried that medical doctors, who are supposed to provide su…

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NUC Approves New Courses for BIU

National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved two additional courses, Nursing Science and Me…

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Shell Opens Re-Modelled Hospital in Oloibiri

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria has opened the remodelled and newly-equipped…

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