Health

FCT to commence electronic records system in hospitals

By Deborah Christopher, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration has commenced process aimed at completely stopping manual medical records system in its hospitals with the launch of electronic version. This was disclosed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Health…

NBTS targets 1m free blood donors to boost service

The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), targets about one million free blood donors to improve the nation’s safe blood units. Its National Coordinator, Dr Omale Amedu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday that only 5…

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe — LUTH CMD

The Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Chris Bode on Wednesday described as “an over abundance of caution” the ongoing safety issue on the Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine. Our Correspondent reports that some European countries such as Norway,…

Quackery: Stakeholders seek review of veterinary laws

Stakeholders in the veterinary profession have called on the Federal Government to review legislation of veterinary practice to ensure effective animal healthcare delivery in the country. The stakeholders, who made the call at the on-going Annual Leaders’ Summit of the…