•Demonstrators Hospital doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet today in a move that health bosses fear will pile pressure on services at the busiest time of year. Junior doctors — those below consultant level — join picket lines from 0700 GMT to the same time on Saturday in a major escalation of […]
•FMC Abeokuta The federal government has approved the recruitment of 200 medical and clinical staff at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The recruitment, it was gathered, is part of the government’s efforts to replace health workers who have migrated to foreign nations from the FMC in Abeokuta in recent times, reports ...
•Doctors The federal government has directed universities to begin to admit more students into Medicine and Surgery as a strategy to address the shortage of manpower in the health sector occasioned by the relentless exodus of health workers abroad in what has been termed japa. The Vice Chancellor, Nile University, Prof. Dili Dogo, revealed the...
•Mr Ibu Leg of veteran Nigerian actor John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has been amputated in order to keep him alive. This was disclosed by the family today. News surfaced in October that the veteran actor was ill and required financial assistance to aid in his treatment. In a statement shared on the actor’s verified […]
•Medical doctors Former Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed worries about the manpower crisis that might befall Nigeria soon with the spate of exodus of medical doctors and other health care professionals for foreign practice, thus challenging the government to take urgent measures to forestall the imminent crisis. He, howev...
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