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Reps Move to Stop Medical Tourism for Public Servants

DISTURBED by the terrible state of Nigeria’s health care system due to government neglect an…

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UNIUYO Teaching Hospital Runs on 10 Generators —Acting CMD

UYO—Services at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital are being powered by 10 generating s…

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Osun Takes Delivery of N200m Worth of Medical Facilities

• As commissioner allays fear over Lassa fever   Medical facilities worth about N200…

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Doctors Offer Free Eye Surgeries To Mark Amosun’s 60th Birthday

Members of the National Association  of Government, General Medical and Dental Practitioners …

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FG Releases N360m For Purchase Of Contraceptives

…. Okays N10.5bn Rehabilitation Of Hadejia-Nguru Road    To check population …

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One to 4,000 Doctor Population Ratio Unacceptable, MDCAN Tells FG

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said that the one doctor to …

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Onanuga: We Will Deliver 75 World Class PHCs to Lagosians by May

In August last year, the governor signed the release of about N1b for renovation of 20 PHCs in the…

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Lassa Fever: Irrua Isolation Centre Full, Over 25 Cases Under Treatment

…Source says cases from Ebonyi were treated in ISTH, not Abakaliki   The Lassa Fev…

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Lagos Awards Contract for Toxicology Section

The Lagos State Government says it has awarded the contract for the expansion of the operations of…

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First Private Medical University in Nigeria Begins Admission of Students

The first private medical university in Nigeria, PAMO University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Port …

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Okorocha Warns Against Handshaking as Lassa Fever Kills 3 in Imo

GOVERNOR of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has warned residents against handshaking, following the out…

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Trump Travel Ban: Doctor Faces Deportation After 40 Years in America

A respected doctor who has been in the United States for nearly 40 years has been picked up by Ame…

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Lassa Fever: NMA Canvasses Yearly Enlightenment to Stem Scourge

The South East caucus of the Nigeria Medical Association ( NMA) has called on State Governments in…

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Robbers Kill Medical Doctor in Edo

Gunmen, suspected to be highway robbers, have killed a medical doctor with the University of Benin…

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#LassaFever Kills Two In Imo, Seven Quarantined, Government Says

Imo State Health Commissioner, Dr. Angela Uwakwem, has said that two residents of Owerri have died…

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Drug Abuse: FG Sets Up 16 Member Committee on Codeine, Others

…to consider banning, supply chain of drugs among others   Piqued with the increas…

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HMCAN Urges Speedy Passage of NHIS Act

The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has appealed to the National Assembly to expedi…

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Lassa Fever: Anambra Bans Drinking of Garri

The Anambra State Government has prohibited the drinking of garri in the state as a measure to pre…

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SACA Deserves Special Attention – Gov Masari

Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said the State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SAC…

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SACA Deserves Special Attention – Gov Masari

Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has said the State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SAC…

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