Ade Patrick
Surgical Error: Doctors transplant kidney into wrong patient
An inquest is currently looking into the case of how doctors in an Ohio hospital accidentally transplanted a kidney into the wrong person, forcing...
Britain approves AstraZeneca $39b takeover of Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Coronavirus vaccine maker, AstraZeneca, has been given the all-clear by the United Kingdom competition watchdog to go ahead with its $39 billion mega-deal to...
Baby dies after doctors accidentally administer laughing gas instead of oxygen
An inquest is looking into how an infant, John Ghanem, was given a dose of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) instead of oxygen in an...
UNICEF Director, Henrietta Fore, resigns over family health issue
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore as Executive Director to devote herself...
Third wave: More COVID-19 patients hospitalised at UNILAG medical centre
The University of Lagos on Tuesday says it has also been hit by a potential third wave of coronavirus following a rise in the...
After 80 days in bandits’ captivity, two nurses regain freedom in...
Two nurses who were abducted from Idon General Hospital in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State have regained freedom, after spending 80 days...
Lagos accounts for 94 of 98 fresh COVID-19 infections – NCDC
Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with Lagos state topping the chat in infections.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), said it registered...
Study reveals high prevalence of syphilis in gay community – WHO
A World Health Organisation (WHO) study has highlighted an unacceptably high global prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men.
The world body,...
Court sentences quack doctor to four-year imprisonment in Bayelsa
A Bayelsa State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yenagoa has convicted a fake medical doctor, Mr Akpoviri Jimmy, to four years in jail with hard...
1,786 cases of cholera recorded in Kano, Kaduna, four other states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday, says 1,786 suspected cases of cholera were reported in Nigeria between June 20 and June...
