•Operating theater A doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally ‘transplanted’ the disease into himself in what is believed to be a one-of-a-kind event. A 32-year-old man from Germany had been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer and was having a tumour removed from his abdomen, reports Daily Mail UK. While in surgery, the […]...
The National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners has raised concern over the current doctor to patient ratio in Kano State, threatening to embark on strike from October 1. The secretary of the association in Kano, Dr. Anas Idris Hassan, made this known while addressing newsmen yesterday. He stated that despite re...
•Photo for illustration purposes only A Lagos-based mother of three, Okoye Ogochukwu, has cried out for justice after facing complications from poorly executed surgeries at Faith City Hospital in Ajao Estate. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, Ogochukwu said she developed swelling and complications due to particles left inside h...
•Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State medical doctor, Idara Bassey, who was declared wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during a buttock enlargement surgery at a clinic in Lekki Phase 1, is now in police custody. Our correspondent learnt from the state Police Public Relations Officer,...
•India protest Thousands of people protested in the eastern city of Kolkata to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in a state-run hospital that also provoked demonstrations across India demanding better safety for women. The protests were held at more than 100 locations across Kolkata and spread to surrounding towns in the state […]...
A Nigerian medical doctor and visual artist, Fola David, has completed a massive drawing measuring 1,000 square metres in Lagos. With this, David surpassed the previous Guinness World Record of 629.98 square metres held by Ravi Soni from India. David’s six-day record-breaking attempt began on July 16 at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos. His artwork...
•US President Joe Biden Joe Biden still has mild Covid symptoms but is continuing to work, his White House doctor said today, a day after the US president tested positive for the disease. “The president is still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms associated with his recent Covid-19 infection,” doctor Kevin O’Connor said in a letter. ...
•Tigran Gambaryan arrives at the Federal High Court Abuja in a wheelchair today Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the medical doctor at the health facility of the Kuje Correctional Centre, over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of […]
•US President Joe Biden U.S. President, Joe Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, today stated that the president had not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical examination. This was as a result of the U.S. media reports about a Parkinson’s specialist visiting the White House multiple times, reports NAN. O’Connor, said in a le...
•Late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr The Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court examining the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, has attributed his death to his parents’ and doctor’s negligence. The Coroner Magistrate, Mikhail Kadiri, held that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his...
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