Medical News


FG Urged To Employ More Doctors to Tackle Emerging Health Issues

Dr Innocent Ikpe, a general physician with Maitama District Hospital, FCT, has urged the Federal G…

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Nigeria Loses N400bn on Medical Tourism Annually — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that Nigeria loses over N400billion annually to medical to…

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Biobelemoye: The Nigerian Health Sector, Disharmony And Exclusion Of Other Health Professionals

The monopoly of the leadership of the Nigeria’s health sector by medical doctors has been id…

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Drug Trafficking: FG Summons Saudi Envoy Over Execution of Nigerian Woman

Government made its position known following summons of the Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Nigeria, Ad…

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Why Men Die Earlier Than Women – WHO

According to “2019 World Health Statistics,” published on the WHO website, yesterday, …

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Tackling Illicit Drug Trafficking, Consumption

For many years Nigeria was used as “middle passage” for the trafficking of dangerous d…

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Man Drowns In Jigawa Dam While Fleeing From NDLEA

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that a 25-year-old man, Abubakar Lawan of Shaiskawa …

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Pharmacists Want Effective Drug Regulation For National Development

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have tasked the Nationa…

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Man Who Had A Two-day Erection Has To Have The Tip Of His Penis AMPUTATED After Doctors Failed To Remove A Catheter From His Urethra And It Developed GANGRENE

A man whose erection lasted two days developed gangrene and needed the tip of his penis amputated.…

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Hospital Launches Machine to Curb Medical Tourism, Others

In commemoration of World Kidney Day, Healing Stripes Hospital has acquired an Apheresis machine w…

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NAFDAC Destroys Fake Products Worth N2.7B in Ogun State

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake and …

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Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme Garners 106,000 Enrollees

As part of efforts to ensure delivery of standard healthcare services to Nigerians, the Bayelsa St…

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Young Nigerians Design HIV Self-Test Kits

As part of measures to achieve the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) goal of ending …

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New Cabinet Should Consider 35% for Women, Health Foundation Tells Buhari

As Nigerians await the inauguration of the new government and the composition of cabinet by Presid…

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ACPN Tasks NAFDAC On Stricter Regulation, Fake Drugs, Open Markets As Agency Turns 25

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has charged the National Agency for Foo…

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25% Of Health Facilities Lack Basic Water, Sanitation Services, Say UNICEF, WHO

No fewer than one in four healthcare facilities lack water and sanitation services, impacting over…

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JNI, CAN Differ Over Death Penalty For Drug Dealers

The Jamaa’tu Nasril Islam (JNI) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday dif…

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INVITATION TO A 3-DAY CLINICAL SKILLS PRACTICE WORKSHOP IN KADUNA

INVITATION TO A 3-DAY CLINICAL SKILLS PRACTICE WORKSHOP   Are you looking to improve your…

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Drug Abuse: Three FUTO Students Die in Hostel

Tragedy struck at  the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) when three students of…

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Kano CP Singham Advocates for Re-activation of Rehab Centres for Drug Addicts

The Kano state commissioner of Police, Mohammed Wakili has appealed to the federal and state gover…

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