Patients and their families were left stranded at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) today, as medical doctors employed by the Lagos State Government commenced a three-day warning strike over salary-related disputes. The strike, which began at 8:00 a.m., was declared by the Medical Guild following what it described as “illeg...
People living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Nigeria have lamented that the high cost of medication and poor access to comprehensive care are weighing heavily on them and their families. They also decried the lack of access to new and advanced medica therapies that have been proven to cure the disease in other countries […]
•Breast Cancer ribbon A new treatment nearly halves the risk of disease progression or death from a less common form of breast cancer that hasn’t seen major drug advances in over a decade, researchers reported today. Results from the study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, are expected to […...
•Don Lulu with a patient In a heartwarming display of philanthropy, the Don Lulu Foundation (DLF) led by its Chairman and Founder, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe also known as Don Lulu, on Tuesday, May 6, brought joy and respite to the financially stranded patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia by offsetting their medical bills. […]...
•Empty clinics Patients, especially those in the rural communities, including the nursing mothers are having serious challenges in accessing healthcare services as a result of the ongoing strike embarked upon by the workers of the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory. The workers under the umbrella of the National Union of Local ...
•Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate The federal government today said that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom. This Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, [&...
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Cancer Day, people suffering from the disease have lamented poor access to care and high cost of treatment in the country. They said there are inadequate treatment centres, dearth of advanced equipment as well as poor maintenance of critical cancer care equipment in the […]
•Deserted ward Patients and their relatives in Kaduna State have expressed frustration over the ongoing indefinite strike by health workers which has severely impacted healthcare services in government-owned hospitals. The strike is in response to the state government’s failure to address demands related to remuneration and other long-standing...
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...
•Bandits Bandits yesterday invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local vigiÂlante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arri...
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