Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia in Nasarawa state on Thursday presented award of excellence to its team of health workers who battled the COVID-19 pandemic. Posthumous award was also presented to two medical doctors who died in the line…
By Isaac Olamikan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the newly upgraded state-owned College of Nursing Sciences will develop the human capacity to sustain ongoing reforms in the healthcare system and improve access to quality and affordable healthcare…
A consultant nephrologist, Prof. Toyin Amira, has advised Nigerians and especially, commercial drivers, to desist from excessive intake of herbal mixtures in order to prevent kidney damages or failure. Amira, who works at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba,…
Chairman of Nigeria Optometric Association, Cross River chapter, Dr Onyebuchi Ndukwe has advised regular screening of the eyes as many Nigerians above 40 are at a higher risk of contracting glaucoma. Speaking to journalists in Calabar, the state capital, to…
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has identified three candidate drugs to be repositioned and repurposed for the treatment and eradication of Lassa fever. Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General of NABDA, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen on Friday in…
By Lateef Akintunde One of the prayers for pregnant women in Western Nigeria is – “Agbohun lya a gbohun Omo.” Meaning, the pregnant women shall successfully deliver their babies without hitch. This emphasised the high value the society attached to…
An infectious diseases physician, Dr Iorhen Akase, has appealed to federal and state governments to review their COVID-19 response guidelines to suit the current infection figures. Akase, Head of Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 118 additional cases of COVID-19 in two states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday. The NCDC, via its verified website on Wednesday, said the additional coronavirus infections in the…
Some health experts from Manipal Hospitals, India, on Monday, urged women to give their health the deserved attention in order to stay fit. Chief Operating Officer of the hospitals, Mr Karthik Rajagopal, gave the advice at a virtual conference, organised…
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, on Sunday, approved the automatic employment for 196 graduates of the state College of Health Science and Technology, Nguru. Buni, in a statement by his Director General, Press and Media Affairs Alhaji Mamman Mohammed,…
