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Diphtheria: 130 Hospitalised in Kano, States Begin Immunisation

The Kano State Government has established three treatment centres as the cases of diphtheria in the…

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Doctors’ Strike Won’t Disrupt Service Delivery, Says UPTH

As doctors under the auspices of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embark on indefini…

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UNIMED Partners WACS to Train Surgeons in Nigeria, West Africa

The University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M…

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Health Services Paralysed in Edo As Doctors Embark on Strike

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) chapter, yesterd…

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Sanwo-Olu Advises Nurses on Tech

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has advised nurses in the state to embrace techn…

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Resident Doctors’ Strike Grounds Hospitals

Medical services were, on Wednesday, paralysed in government hospitals across the country as the Nig…

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Nursing Programmes Underfunded, says Lagos Commission

The Lagos State Health Service Commission has said nursing programmes are underfunded.Speaking at th…

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Fruit Ripening with Chemicals Partly Responsible for Untimely Deaths, NAFDAC Warns

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC) has said consumption of fruits ripened wi…

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Kaduna Records 68 Diphtheria Cases, Eight Deaths

The Kaduna State Government, says it has recorded 68 suspected cases and eight deaths from diphtheri…

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Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Today

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors declared an indefinite strike on Tuesday night.NARD Pre…

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NAFDAC Warns Public against Contaminated Whippy Mayonnaise in Circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted Nigerians to the sale o…

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Reps Beg Doctors to Shelve Planned Strike

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has pleaded with the resident doctors o…

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Subsidy Removal: NMA Wants NHIA to Enrol More Nigerians

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara Chapter, has advised the National Health Insurance Aut…

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Anambra NMA Fetes Elderly Colleagues, urges Doctors to Take Care of their Health

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has called on members to take good care of themselves in orde…

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NMA President Urges FG To Privatize Tertiary Healthcare Centres

President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Ojinmah Uche, has called on the Federal Governme…

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WHO Issues Fresh Warning on Contaminated Cough Syrup in Africa

World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, issued fresh warning on circulation of substandard (cont…

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You Must Maintain High Ethical Standard of PCN, 64 ESUT Inductees Urged

The Registrar of Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, has enjoined 64 graduand…

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Diphtheria outbreak: Death toll hits 13 in Kaduna

Deaths from the outbreak of diphtheria disease in Kaduna have reportedly risen to 13 according to th…

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Pharmacists, Patients Lament Hike in Drug Prices

Pharmacists and patients have lamented the increase in prices of drugs, saying the increase was up t…

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No Outbreak of Strange Disease in UDUTH – Management

Management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto State, has debunked the rumour m…

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