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The health sector has come under scrutiny in the recent past because of how it touches lives directly. SUNNY IDACHABA in this report examines some medical errors that are destroying …
How medical errors exacerbate health delivery challenges in Nigeria Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), has inducted 68 nurses who graduated from the Department of Nursing Sciences in Edo State University, Uzairue. The Acting Vice Chancellor of …
Council inducts 68 Edo varsity nursing graduands Read MoreNigerian nurses Wednesday urged all tiers of government across the country to review the remunerations of public health nurses. The nurses stated that failure to accord them improved and better …
Nurses demand better remuneration to halt ‘japa’ syndrome Read More
Nigerians in the medical field came together recently to celebrate one of their own who has successfully seen all shades of the medical profession. She was the first Nigerian female …
When medical professionals gathered in celebration of a medical giant Read More
AdaIn Technologies Ltd , the parent company of QuickMed, has launched mobile applications to streamline medical emergencies by improving access to ambulances and visibility for appropriate healthcare facilities. “Our goal …
Firm launches App to accelerate access to emergency healthcare Read More
The first ever customised and dedicated geriatrics ward in any tertiary healthcare institution in the 19 northern states has been commissioned at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, on …
North’s first geriatrics hospital ward Read More
A non-governmental organisation, Policy Alert, has appealed for urgent domestic funding to combat the rising cases of Tuberculosis (TB) in Akwa Ibom state. The group said the state had recorded …
Group seeks more funding as Akwa Ibom records 3,200 Tuberculosis cases Read More
The National Assembly committee on Health and Institutions has on Wednesday advocated for a new site for the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA). They gave the suggestion …
NASS committee advocates new site for AE-FETHA Read More
King David Medical Science University (KDMSU) Uburu, a newly established institution by Ebonyi state government, has commenced production of dialyzer and oxygen plants for treatment of patients suffering from kidney …
Ebonyi varsity begins production of dialyzer, oxygen plants Read More
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, Monday lost his mother in-law Hajiya Fatimah Aliyu Usman. Late Fatimah is the mother of Aisha Bala Mohammed, the governor’s first wife and she …
Bauchi governor Bala loses mother in-law Read More
Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Doctor Emeka Onwe-Ogah Wednesday cried out against activities of fraudsters. He said the institution has no recruitment exercise going on …
AE-FUTHA CMD cries out against fruadsters, says institution not employing Read More
The Chief Medical Director of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku Ozalla, Enugu state, Prof. Obinna Onodugo, has rated the Nigerian nedical doctors among the best in the …
Nigerian Doctors, among the best in the world – UNTH CMD Read More
Kaduna State University (KASU) has so far spent over N10 billion on the development of its permanent site in Rigachikun, Igabi local government, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Tanko has …
How KASU spent N10bn on permanent site, graduated 9,665 students – VC Read More
An eight-month-old baby, Ademola Adekoya, currently receiving treatment at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Remo, Ogun state, is urgently seeking N5 million for a life-saving surgery which must be conducted …
8-month-old hole-in-the heart baby, Adekoya, needs N5m lifeline Read More
A pregnant woman, has allegedly been set free and her baby taking away by kidnappers, after detaining her till the birth of her child, introducing a shocking but gory dimension …
Unbelievable! How kidnappers abducted 9-month pregnant woman, seized new baby after birth Read More
The Chief Medical Director(CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has disclosed that the tertiary health institution has performed its first open heart surgery on Wednesday, September 15, …
Breaking: Relief as UCTH successfully performs first open heart surgery Read More
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) has kicked against the exclusion of her members from Nigeria’s Presidential Committee on Health Reform. According to …
Health workers protest exclusion from health reform committee Read More
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a couple for allegedly stealing a day-old baby from Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Kano. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi …
Revealed! How couple ‘stole male child, staged naming ceremony’ in Kano Read More
Yobe state Executive Council has ratified the approval of the sum of N327,140,666.27 for the construction of 200-bed capacity isolation center and a one – storey building consisting of 30 …
Yobe to constructs 200-bed isolation centre, personnel quarters Read More
Crisis is presently looming in Osun State University Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH), over purported plan by the state government to select some staffs of the hospital for promotion. The purported promotion, …
Crisis looms in UNIOSUNTH over ‘selective promotion’ Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has rejected the donation of King David University of Medical Sciences Uburu, which it described as “Greek offer” by the governor …
Umahi: Ebonyi indigenes reject handing-over of Uburu varsity to Catholic Church Read More
Former Military Governor of old Oyo, General Tunji Olurin, has passed on. Olurin, who governed Oyo from 1985-1988, was born in Ilaro, Ogun state on December 3,1944. According to the …
Breaking: Another ex-Military governor is dead Read More
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Save the Children International (SCI) has trained 12 medical workers on how to administer Oxygen Therapy on patients with severe Pneumonia infection across the state. Speaking …
NGO trains doctors, nurses, others on how to administer oxygen therapy Read More
The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have ordered students to return to their classrooms for their second semester examinations between August 26 and September 26, 2021, after spending …
Breaking: 5 weeks after, UNILAG reopens, set for semester examination Read More
Governor Simon Lalong has on Monday, visited victims of Saturday attacks receiving treatment at Plateau state specialist hospital and Bingham University Teaching Hospital. Lalong also went round some communities within …
Lalong visits victims of plateau killings, says culprit‘ll be dealt with Read More