Medical News


Nurses Gets N200,000 for Tolerating Patients

In an effort to promote excellence, two Lagos State legislators on Monday rewarded two nurses at t…

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Reps to Probe Alleged Misappropriation of N350b Health Insurance Fund

Members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Healthcare Services yesterday threaten…

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Director Outlines Four-Point Agenda to Reposition Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare System

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Faisal Shua…

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Rich or Poor, Clean or Dirty… Bedbugs Can Give You Nightmares

Contrary to popular belief that bedbugs  are associated with filthy and dirty homes, they are…

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HMCAN to Begin Legal Action Against NHIS Boss

The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has written the Executive Secretary of the Nati…

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Kidnapped UPTH Resident Doctor Released

Yesterday we carried a news item of how a female resident doctor was kidnapped inside the hospital…

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‘700,000 Nigerians are Living with Cerebral Palsy’

The Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Prof. Afolabi Lesi, has said that about 700…

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WHO Issues First Viral Hepatitis Testing Guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued its first-ever global guidance on testing for chronic v…

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@WHO Publishes List Of Bacteria For Which New Antibiotics Are Urgently Needed

WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" &nd…

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Industrialists Seek Tax Review on Pharm Products

Industrial pharmacists in the country have urged the Federal Government to review the current tax …

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Study: Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Found In Hospital Sinks

Many recent reports have found multidrug resistant bacteria living in hospital sink drainpipes, pu…

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Healthcare Professionals: Recognising The Deterioration/Dying Phase

It is not always easy to tell when someone has entered the deteriorating/dying phase and is now ac…

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Health Workers Rally Against Decay in Sector

Health workers, under the umbrella of Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), have …

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Akeredolu Begs Ondo Doctors to End Strike

The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday appealed to the striki…

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Take Over Okerenkoko Hospital, Pregnant Women, Children Suffering

Thousands can’t access medicare since ex-militant leader suspended funding Mortality, morbid…

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Africa Missions Make Case for Community Healthcare

A director of West Africa Centre for Missions (WACM), Dr. Casmir Ihegworo, has counseled the feder…

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West African Surgeons Urge Govt Action to Stop Brain Drain

The West African College of Surgeons, WACS, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and other …

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Polio: Jigawa Council Woos Children with Candy to Accept Vaccine

The Buji Local Government Council of Jigawa says it has procured 80 cartons of sweet to woo childr…

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Bagudu Launches N275m Equipment for Hospitals

The Kebbi State government has commissioned medical equipment and supplies worth N275 million for …

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Saraki Commissions 80-Bed Hospital In Yobe

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the weekend commissioned an 80-bed space hospital buil…

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