•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 vigilante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arri...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, yesterday, commenced a seven-day warning strike to push for the rescue of a Kaduna-based doctor, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped last December and has spent about eight months in the abductors’ den. The strike, which held across the country, left patients stranded and the doctors shunned work...
AstraZeneca, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), is proud to announce a significant milestone in the fight against cancer in Nigeria. Through the Cancer Care Africa (CCA) initiative, AstraZeneca is partnering with NICRAT to provide every patient with...
“My brother is 37 years old. Did you know how long he has been struggling? He is my parents’ only son. We can’t sleep. This incident could have been avoided but no, you guys chose to take his life.” Another family member, Sarah Ameachi, who was part of the protest, narrated her own bitter experience. […]
•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 […]
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