Medical News


Hospital Worker Dragged to Court Over Alleged N14m Fraud

Enugu State Police Command has dragged a hospital employee, Mrs. Stella Achara to an Enugu High Co…

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Toyin Saraki Named Universal Health Global Champion

The Founder and President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Mrs Toyin Saraki has been named G…

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Kogi Doctors Extend Strike Notice Till 31 December

The Kogi chapter of the  Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it has extended to Dec.31 th…

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NMA Laments Neglect in Imo Health Sector

The Imo State, chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Mr. Darlington Akukwu, said, yesterda…

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One Too Many Sci Fy Movies: Surgeon Admits To Burning Initials On Patients Livers

A British surgeon has admitted to assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their liver…

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Bauchi Gov’s Wife Gives Delivery Kits to Women

Wife of Bauchi State governor, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar, has flagged off the second phase of the dis…

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JOHESU, Others Give FG Ultimatum Over Unpaid Promotion Arrears

The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, AHPA, of the Fed…

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Brazilian President to Undergo New Health Tests

Brazilian President Michel Temer will undergo urological tests Wednesday, his office said, followi…

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Electrician Found Dead in Pharmacy’s Attic, Phone Missing

An autopsy report is being awaited by the Lagos State Police Command to clear the air on the cause…

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Health Agency Institutes Award for Excellence

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has instituted the “Professor U…

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Nigeria Records 33 New Cases of Obstetric Fistula Every Day

The Country Project Manager, Fistula Care Plus, Chief Iyeme Efem, has stated that at least 33 new …

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Overuse of Antibiotics in Farming Major New Threat to Human Health, Says UN

The overuse of antibiotics in farming has been highlighted as one of the biggest emerging threats …

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ACPN: FG Lacks Political Will to Address Chaotic Drug Distribution

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has decried federal government’s …

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UK University Launches Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship

Bucks New University is due to be one of the first to deliver a registered nurse degree apprentice…

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Minister Advocates Speedy Records Processing

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has called on the Health records Practitioners of Nige…

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FMC Abeokuta Acquires 170 Hectares of Land for Medical Varsity

Determined to transform from just being a medical Centre to a teaching hospital, the management of…

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Allegations Of Drugs, Equipment Diversion Rocks NASS Clinic

Barely few weeks after the State House Clinic shot into limelight over lack of drugs, similar alle…

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UNICEF Spends N200m On HIV In Kaduna

The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) said it has expended about two hundred million naira (N20…

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Equipment Rots as Work Stops on Kabi Clinic

Construction work on the healthcare centre at Kabi, which was funded by the Subsidy Reinvestment F…

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Do not to Suck Snakebite Spots, Health Official Advises Farmers

A U.S.-based Nurse, Alloysius Nlekwa, has advised farmers not to suck the spots where they were bi…

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