The Federal Government says it will establish two blood component production centres by 2013 in order to get maximum benefits from every unit of blood donated. The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while bri...
Doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) have performed a total knee replacement surgery also known as artificial knee joint surgery. The procedure is a treatment for arthritis. Prof. Mike Ibadin, the UBTH Chief medical Director, tol...
The National Blood Transfusion Centre (NBTC) in Enugu has blamed religious and cultural inhibitions for the low rate of blood donation in the South East zone. The Coordinator of the centre, Dr Michael Chukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in En...
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday impounded expired confectionery worth more than N500,000 in Onitsha, Anambra. Mr Benson Kine, Deputy Director, NAFDAC Special Zonal Office, Onitsha, said that the prod...
The first campus emergency medical response Initiative in Nigeria has been launched at the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State. The project is a joint venture between the polytechnic, the Global Medical Horizon, an Israeli based healthcare provider ...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abuja on Thursday called on the Federal Government to review the remuneration of medical practitioners. Dr Osahon Enabulele, President of the association, made the call during a courtesy call on Dr Richard Egbu...
The 788 doctors that were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday have asked for official letters backing the recall. The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr.OlumuyiwaOdusote, who spoke at a press briefing organised by the Nigerian Medical Ass...
The Lagos State Government has reinstated the all 778 medical doctors it sacked a few weeks ago. This was made known in a statement from the state government on Thursday. The doctors were sacked after an ultimatum given them by the state government to ...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the federal government a two-week ultimatum to prevail on the Lagos State government to recall the 788 medical doctors or face an indefinite strike. The association said it had already...
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it is targeting youths in its effort to eradicate fake and substandard regulated products in the country. To achieve this, the agency said it would use the NAFDAC Con...
Dr. Simon Agwale is a virologist/vaccinologist and founder and chief executive officer of Innovative Biotech Ltd, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Innovative Biotech, USA Inc. He was the West Africa’s representative on HIV/AIDs for Developing Countries...
Sports drinks hit the wire this month with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published...
Following the massive loss of lives being recorded from the current crisis that has led to the sack of 788 doctors in the employment of the Lagos State Government, the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) has app...
Head or tail, should the health sector continue to suffer because of the battle for supremacy over the National Health Bill? WINIFRED OGBEBO examines the issues With anguish, a housewife in Jigawa State recounted her experience , “When my sister ...
No fewer than 30 PHCN wooden and concrete poles were destroyed by windstorm in Makurdi on Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PHCN poles were destroyed by the windstorm that was preceded by rain, which only lasted 30 minutes...