•Fibroid For generations, the word “fibroid” has carried a familiar fear for Nigerian women: heavy bleeding, severe pain, a swollen abdomen, infertility and, often, the prospect of surgery and a long recovery. For many women, it starts quietly. Periods become heavier, the pain worsens and the abdomen gradually becomes distended, reports Vangua...
•Diphtheria outbreak There were heightened efforts yesterday by some state governments to contain diphtheria outbreak following the spread of the deadly scourge. The death toll had risen to 1,767 in Kano and Plateau states as of yesterday. The recorded cases in Kano, Plateau and Nasarawa states stood at 32, 797, reports The Nation. By yesterda...
The federal government has upgraded the Riyom General Hospital in Plateau State to a National Trauma Centre and deployed 15 emergency ambulances to the state to strengthen emergency medical response and improve access to life-saving care. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Kachollom Daju, who represente...
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Cancer Centre is now fully operational and providing advanced cancer treatment, including radiotherapy for indigent patients, the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu, has said. Ize-Iyamu disclosed this yesterday when she received a newly donated ambulance from the federal government to ...
•Diphtheria outbreak The ongoing diphtheria outbreak in Katsina State has placed the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Katsina under intense pressure, with a sharp rise in suspected and confirmed cases pushing the hospital’s children’s ward beyond its capacity. In a statement issued yesterday, the hospital management disclosed that the continuou...
The Nigerian Medical Association has said many Nigerian doctors want to remain in the country but are being forced to leave by poor working conditions, insecurity, inadequate remuneration and limited career opportunities. The NMA President, Dr Afekhide Omoti, stated this yesterday in Abuja while briefing journalists after the association’s Nat...
•Breast Cancer A Nigerian scientist, Dr. Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, has led an international research team that used artificial intelligence to identify promising animal-derived molecules that could pave the way for more targeted breast cancer treatments with fewer side effects. The study, published in the Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Scienc...
The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH-ARD), has issued the Lagos State government a seven-day ultimatum to resolve the non-implementation of Specialist Allowance for Grade Level 14 resident doctors, alongside unpaid salary shortfalls and advancement arrears. The association warned that failure to...
•Diphtheria outbreak For many families in Rurum community in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, seeking medical help for a sick child often comes only after the illness has become severe. Some parents first turn to patent medicine sellers known in local parlance as ‘chemists’, while others rely on traditional healers or simply treat [&h...
•Diphtheria outbreak and Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State A wave of grief has swept through parts of Kano State following a reported outbreak of diphtheria that claimed the lives of more than 50 children. The development dominated proceedings at the Kano State House of Assembly, prompting the lawmakers to call on Abba Kabir Yusuf’s […...
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