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LUTH CMD Seeks PPP Model to Improve Hospital Infrastructure

The new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Wasiu Adeye…

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Bayelsa Demands Names of Absentee Teachers, Health Workers

The Bayelsa State Government has threatened to sanction community leaders who fail to compile a list…

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Ebonyi Gov Orders 195 Doctors, Pharmacists, Others’ Recruitment

The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has approved the recruitment of  39 medical doctors and …

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Abia Doctors Suspend Six Months Strike

Medical doctors in Abia State have suspended their six months old industrial action to enable the ne…

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Nigeria Needs Strong Institution to Fund Health Research – Reps Panel Chair on Health Care Services

Says adequate funding of health research will reduce migration of medical practitionersThe outgoing …

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Visit hospital for antenatal, safe delivery, NGO tells women

Hacey, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) supported by Access Corporation, has advised pregnant w…

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Healthcare foundation opens in Edo

A foundation dedicated to giving underprivileged and marginalised areas access to healthcare has bee…

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Edo varsity teaching hospital begins three-day free healthcare services

Edo State government has unveiled the refurbished Auchi General Hospital and renamed it the Edo Stat…

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First set of medical students graduate from Edo varsity

Edo State University has recorded another milestone in the Faculty of Medicine by graduating 34 stud…

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Virology Institute commissions public health research campus

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria has commissioned a state-of-the-art IHVN Campus to provide q…

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Nigeria needs peacetime health system to tackle next pandemic – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has said that the country needs a peac…

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Int’l body decries poaching as Nigeria loses 2,998 nurses to UK

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has deplored poaching of professionals by rich nations suc…

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Lagos seeks increased blood donation

The Lagos State Government says it is targeting increasing its units of donated blood from its curre…

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Health Experts Seek Increased Funding for Research

Health experts have urged the Federal Government to improve its domestic funding for research to add…

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Health Workers Heed Tinubu’s Plea, Call off Strike

The President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged striking health union workers to return to work, promis…

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Lagos plans to increase donated blood from 115,000 to 200,000 units

Lagos State is to increase number of donated blood, currently put at over 115,000 to 200,000 units t…

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Doctors urge Tinubu to declare state of emergency in health sector

Doctors, under the aegis of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), have called on the Fede…

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Health Insurance Covers 80% Cancer Treatment - NHIA DG

The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof Mohammed Sambo, says th…

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Resident Doctors Insist on 200% Salary Increase Demand

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has insisted on their demand for at least a 200 per cen…

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Govt Must Train More Doctors to Bridge Deficit – Hamzat

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has advised that the best solution to bridging…

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