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Tribunal Suspends Doctor for Six Months over Negligence

The prosecution of 14 Doctors by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria over alleged breach of …

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Treat Health Workers as Professionals, NUAHP Tells Doctors

The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals has accused doctors in the health sector of treat…

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Pharmacist Advises FG on Medicinal Cannabis

The Secretary of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Pharm. …

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NSCDC Arrests Fake Optometrist in Adamawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa state has arrested an alleged fake…

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Two Doctors Convicted for Negligence as MDCN Resumes Trial

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) yesterday resumes the trail of 14 doctors charged…

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CCMHP Trains Healthcare Providers for Mental Health Treatment in Benue

The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Programme, CCMHP, has trained another set of 52 healthca…

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Nigeria Ranks 4th, as 4.4m Women Live with Breast Cancer Worldwide

Awka-ANAMBRA State-based oncologist, Dr. Brenda Nwanmuo, has said no fewer than 4.4 million women …

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Experts Lament over Engagement of Quacks in Health Institutions

The Association of Health Records and Information Management Practitioners of Nigeria‎ has lam…

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Kano to Establish 400-Bed Hospitals in Four New Emirates

Kano State government is to upgrade general hospitals in the four new emirates to a 400-bed capaci…

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FG Urged to Pass Mental Health Bill

The federal government has been urged to pass the mental health act into law to enable citizens ha…

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Senators Decry Poor State of Primary Health Centres

Senators have decried the poor state of primary health centres across the country. Worried by the …

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Updated: MDCN Resumes Trial of Doctors

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on Monday resumed the trial of 14 medical doctors…

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Plans to Eliminate Malaria Yield Results in Taraba State

Plans to ensure every household uses treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria in the nooks and cra…

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Brain Drain Fueling Newborn, Maternal Deaths in Nigeria - NMA

Nigeria’s high perinatal mortality rate (period immediately before and after birth) is cause…

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NAFDAC, NBC Recall Defective Batches of EVA Premium Water

The National Agency  for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, recently issued a …

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Eight Lagos Pipeline Explosion Victims Die in Hospital

No fewer than eight hospitalised victims of the pipeline fire incident in the Ijegun area of Lagos…

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23 Bauchi Drug Traffickers Bag 13 Years in Jail

No fewer than 23 drug traffickers have been sentenced to over 13 years imprisonment for traffickin…

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AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Course Holds in Abuja Thursday 11th July

The American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course is scheduled to hold at the National Hosp…

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Ophthalmologists Urge Caution over Avastin Ban

The Ophthalmologists Society of Nigeria has advised stakeholders in the country to adhere to the w…

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Health Worker Sleeps With Man Who Killed Husband

An employee of the Rivers State Primary Healthcare Board in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of th…

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