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Diphtheria Claims 10 Lives in Jigawa

Outbreak of Diphtheria has claimed 10 lives, mostly children, as 91 cases were reported from 14 loca…

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Exam Results: UK Nursing Council Raises Concern Over Widespread Fraud in Ibadan Centre

The Nursing and Midwifery Council in the United Kingdom said there is evidence of widespread fraud a…

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Bauchi Govt To Commence New Salary Structure For Doctors

Bauchi State government will soon commence the payment of new salary structure and other remuneratio…

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Declare State of Emergency on Indigenous Medicine, Pharmacists Tell Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector to extend the Stat…

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Ebonyi Doctor Sweeps Three National Postgraduate Examination Awards

Sunday Isaac Nwigboji, a medical doctor from Ebonyi state, has made his mark by winning three nation…

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FG Shifts Cervical Cancer Vaccination for Girls

The Federal Government has postponed the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine earlier sc…

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US Surgeons Perform Second Historic Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Centre, United States have performed a second success…

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Prioritise Patients’ Safety, HEFAMAA Tells Health Workers

The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency in Lagos State has advised health workers to…

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LUTH Denies Late Doctor Worked 72-hour Call Duty

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has denied allegations that one…

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WHO’s Maiden Report on HBP Unveils Devastating Impact, Prevention

World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first-ever report on the devastating impact of high…

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Nurses Decry Insecurity in Kaduna Hospitals

The Chairman, National Association of Nurses and Midwives, Kaduna State chapter, Ishaku Yakubu, has …

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NCDC Confirms 2,860 Cholera Cases, 84 Deaths in Eight Months

A total of 84 deaths have been recorded from cholera, while 2,860 people are suspected to have been …

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Japa Syndrome: Medical College Decries Shortage in Trainees

The National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, NPMCN on Tuesday decried the acute shortage of…

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Doctor Dies After Allegedly Working 72 Hours in LUTH

House officers at Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LUTH), yesterday, raised the alarm over poor workin…

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Two More Doctors Arrested in Plateau for Alleged Organ Harvesting

The Plateau State Police Command has arrested two other medical doctors in connection with the alleg…

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Diphtheria Outbreak: Death Toll Rises to 520 in Kano

The Director General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr Muhammad Mahmud has said …

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OAUTH Gets New CMD

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prof John Okeniyi, as Chief Medical Director o…

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Nigeria’s Diphtheria Outbreak Worsening, Cases Hit 6,000 – MSF

An international medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors …

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40,000 Nigerians with HIV on Treatment in Kaduna – NACA

The National Agency for the Control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome says no fewer than 40,000…

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MDCN, NPMCN Clear Air on Alleged Downgrading of Medical Certificates

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), says the council only recognises fellowship certif…

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