The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has demanded the payment of its N25,000 quarterly accoutrement allowance for medical and dental doctors in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics in the federal public service. NARD made this known in its communique issued today at the end of its January National Executive Council meeting and healt...
More than 500 personnel of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), left its services in search of greener pastures in the last two years, its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Mahmud Raji, has disclosed. Raji told our correspondent today in Abuja that most of them went abroad in search of better working conditions, reports The Guardian. “The […...
•Patients sexual harassment AMARACHI OKEH writes about the low level of awareness of the rights of patients and how this puts females at risk of sexual harassment, reports Sunday PUNCH. Lola froze with shock on the examination bed in the consultation room when a male doctor who was examining her said, “See what you have […]
•Lung cancer With nearly 10 million deaths and nearly 20 million new cases in 2022, cancer remains one of the world’s biggest killers, according to a report today by the World Health Organisation. Here are five key facts about the disease ahead of World Cancer Day on Sunday, reports AFP: One in five people Cancer […]
•Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital gate One thousand five hundred staff at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) stormed the hospital today in protest against their sack by the management of the hospital. The employees were yesterday asked to desist from coming to work. The enraged workers lamented that t...
•Doctors during a protest The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has extended the ultimatum earlier issued to the federal government to address all pending issues by six more weeks. MDCAN made this known in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State yesterday. [&hell...
•Dr Chimezie Okwuonu The Immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, is one of the only two Africans selected for the Emerging Leaders Programme by the International Society of Nephrology. The Abia-born kidney expert confirmed the selection in a chat with our correspondent, describi...
Federal Ministry of Health has launched a newly developed toolkit that would, expectedly, herald improved quality of Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) services across health care facilities managing pediatric HIV. The toolkit which was developed by Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) was launched in Abuja, by the National Coordinator...
In Nigeria, falling sick can be challenging in normal times but seeking treatment is currently a double blow as the financial implication has become increasingly unbearable for many Nigerians. The cost of basic drugs, such as antibiotics, analgesics, anti-diabetics, and key medications for chronic conditions, has doubled, tripled, or even quad...
No fewer than 227 deaths and 1,270 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were recorded in Nigeria from 28 states in 2023, Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has disclosed. Meanwhile, in response to the rapidly increasing cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria, NCDC through the National Lassa Fever Technical Working Group [...
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