Otti Emphasizes Critical Role of Medical Scientists, Says 15 Percent Allocated for Health Sector
Governor Alex Otti pointed out that 15 per cent of the 2025 budget had been allocated to the health sector to address challenges in healthcare…
Category: HEALTH
Medical Laboratory Scientists Identify Risks to Public Health, Urge Service Improvement
Inadequately trained Medical Laboratory Scientists have been identified as a significant risk to public health, particularly following the announcement by the Federal Council of Medical…
FG Partners Siemens Healthineers to Enhance Cancer Care
The Federal Government has partnered with Siemens Healthineers to enhance cancer care nationwide through a purchase agreement for advanced oncology equipment.
Policeman Jumps Fence, Assaults Neurosurgeon Who Saved His Life
A policeman Corporal Okona Stephen Ifeanyi of the Nigeria Police Force Nnewi kidnapped and assaulted a consultant neurosurgeon identified as Dr Ofodile Ekweogwu who saved…
Lagos Hospital Disobeys Sanwo-Olu, Charges Patients for Services
Despite declaring antenatal and child delivery free in Lagos State-owned hospitals, residents in the State have lamented the non-compliance by these hospitals to the directive…
Nurses Protest, Request Reversal of New Verification Rule
Nigeria Nurses under the aegis of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, are protesting in Abuja on Monday over the new guidelines for…
Otti Pledges Support as Optometric Association Plans to Site Centers in Abia
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has welcomed the decision of the Nigerian Optometric Association to set up three national eye centers in Abia…
Dr. Vwaere: GRV Calls For Immediate Suspension of CMD, Facility Manager
Gbadedo Rhodes Vivour, the Labour Party governorship candidate in the just concluded elections has called for immediate suspension of the Chief Medical Doctor and the…
Anthrax Disease: Imo Govt Sets Up Public Health Alert Surveillance Team
Imo State government has set up a "Public Health Alert Surveillance Team", to be on guard and make sure the Anthrax disease currently ravaging some…
Exclusive: Dr Adindu Reveals Dangers of Another Pandemic and Public Health in Africa
In a bid to strengthen the public health system in Africa, the second edition of the International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) is…
Public Health: Africa Takes Stringent Steps on Disease Control
The second International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022), hosted by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and African Union…
FG Drags Resident Doctors to Court Over Strike
The federal government has dragged striking Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria over the ongoing industrial strike action.
Abia Health Sector Suspends Strike, Urges Govt to Sustain Regular Subvention
The Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, and Assembly of Health Professionals, Abia State has suspended its strike action following a meeting with the Abia State…
NDLEA Boss Raises Alarm Over High Rate of Drug Abuse in South West
Chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Buba Marwa has raised an alarm of the South-West region of the country having the highest…
NCDC Confirms 15 Cases of Monkeypox in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has confirmed 15 cases of Monkeypox and registered 59 suspected cases of the disease in Nigeria.
Doctors Begins Indefinite Strike in Nigeria
Nigerian doctors have begun an indefinite strike on Thursday over months of unpaid salaries and other pending issues.
