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Non-medical practitioner better suited to head health ministry, hospitals – NUAHP
President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna has declared that the Federal Government should focus on appointing non-medical professionals...
HIV/AIDS-related death drops by 35% – NACA
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a 35 per cent reduction in HIV/AIDS-related death between 2010...
COVID-19 putting health workers, ICUs under intense pressure – FG
The Federal Government on Monday expressed concerns that the transmission of COVID-19 is putting intense pressure on health workers and intensive care units in...
725 physicians contract COVID-19 while treating patients – NARD
As the second wave of COVID-19 rages on, the National Association of Resident Doctors says 725 physicians have so far been infected with COVID-19...
Borno spends 10m monthly on free dialysis, laments absence of radiotherapy...
Borno commissioner of health, Prof. Isa Marte Hussaini has declared that the state’s free dialysis initiative aimed at encouraging patients with a renal-related challenge...
LUTH was admitting 96 patients daily during COVID-19 first wave –...
Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof Wasiu Adeyemo disclosed that at the height of COVID-19 first wave, the federal tertiary facility...
33 cases of Nigerian COVID-19 strain found in UK
The United Kingdom has recorded a disturbing 33 new COVID-19 mutation which was first detected in Nigeria around December 2020.
According to The Mirror, Public...
Comply with regulation or lose factories, NAFDAC warns 16,000 water producers
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has threatened to seal any erring packaged water producers that do not comply with...
Don’t take analgesics with COVID-19 vaccination, Medical experts warn
A public health expert, Prof. Tanimola Akande has admonished Nigerians against taking painkillers before or after inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccine.
He explained that it...
More young people testing positive to COVID-19 in second wave –...
Lagos Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has announced that a sizeable number of young people are testing positive for COVID-19 in the state.
He...
