Psychiatric patients at the Neuropshyatric Hospital Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, have protested what they described as poor treatment being received from the federal government facility located around Aro, in the state capital. The violent protest, which took the entire staff of the health facility by surprise, lasted over two hours befor...
•Dr Priscilia Imade Statistics on Glaucoma: Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that over 60 million people have glaucoma globally. In the United States alone, more than 3 million people are affected by glaucoma, and it is projected that this number ...
•Britain’s King Charles III British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next week after doctors said they were “very encouraged” by the progress of his treatment for cancer. His first engagement with Queen Camilla would be to a cancer treatment centre on Tuesday. The couple will also […]...
•New antibiotic-resistant bacteria A don, Professor Abimbola Owoseni, has said the emergence of new antibiotic-resistant bacteria implicated in foodborne illnesses is causing an increase in treatment failures in Nigeria. Professor Owoseni, in the 12th inaugural lecture entitled ‘Microorganisms: Invincibility in Invisibility,’ delivered at Bowe...
•Dr Chimezie Okwuonu The Immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, is one of the only two Africans selected for the Emerging Leaders Programme by the International Society of Nephrology. The Abia-born kidney expert confirmed the selection in a chat with our correspondent, describi...
•Dr Otiko The United States of America (USA) based Nigerian Medical Doctor, Christopher Ayo Otiko, who discovered the drug called TETRACYTE for the treatment of diabetic ulcer, has revealed how many years it took him to produce the drug. According to him, it took him between the years 2008 and 2016 for the process of […]
•Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will commence his medical leave tomorrow, as a follow-up to his medical treatment, his spokesman, Richard Olatunde, has said. In a statement today, Olatunde said during Akeredolu’s absence, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will assume the responsibilities of the govern...