•Hon. Rasaq Ajala The Chairman of Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Honourable Rasaq Olushola Ajala, has described his LCDA Free Medical Mission programme as a model for effective and impactful grassroots health care initiative. The LCDA boss made this submission recently while fielding questions from a media team. “...
•Patients waiting to be attended to at the Pediatric Ward of Abaji General Hospital Poor power supply to health facilities across the country is subjecting patients and their families to untold hardship, worsening health conditions, and resulting in loss of lives, investigations have shown. The power crisis is halting healthcare deliveries, es...
•Governor Umo Eno Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has re-echoed his administration’s commitment to delivering effective and efficient healthcare under the ARISE Agenda as he commissions, today, Monday, March 24, a new Hemodialysis Unit alongside refurbished Accident, Emergency, and Pediatric wards at General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene Loc...
Against the backdrop of poor access and the high cost of health services in Nigeria, stakeholders have made a case for political will to fully implement existing health policies like the National Policy on the Health and the National Health Act to ensure healthcare for all in the country. Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Academy […]
•Surgery Japa syndrome compounded by the shutting down of hospitals over a hike in electricity tariff is taking its toll on sick Nigerians requiring surgery as they wait for months in excruciating pain before having the life-saving procedure done, reports Sunday PUNCH. For 44-year-old Chioma Okoro, the pain in her lower abdomen had become a [&...
•Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Disu A fresh crisis seems to be unfolding in Rivers State as supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara today reported harassment and intimidation in parts of the state. Over the weekend, a group of individuals loyal to Governor Fubara were reportedly harassed and chased away from a location in Omagwa,...
In its bid to promote medical industrialization and make more drugs and facilities readily available to Nigerians in need of medicare, the federal government has secured Afreximbank funding to the tune of $1 billion. At the same time, the federal government is set to release the first tranche of N50 billion to boost health care […]
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