Medical

The South East Amalgamated Traders Association (SEAMATA) urged Igbo traders to shelve their business trips to China and other Asian countries following the outbreak of Coronavirus. In a statement in Enugu, President General of SEAMATA, Chief Gozie Akudolu and Secretary, ...

At least three persons have been confirmed killed by the Lassa fever virus in Rivers State. The Director, Planning and Statistics, State Ministry of Health, Dr. Chinwe Atata, confirmed the deaths in Port Harcourt while briefing newsmen on the deadly ...

The simmering political crisis in Edo State may have assumed another dimension as Governor Godwin Obaseki said it has become imperative to probe the Benin Specialist Hospital built by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki stressed that it has become imperative ...

Edo State chapter of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has declared that early detection of breast cancer is necessary to stay alive and urged women to check their breasts regularly for symptoms. President of MWAN in the state, ...

Confirmed cases of Lassa fever have killed three persons, including two medical doctors and a pregnant woman at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano. The doctors, a consultant Anesthesia and House Officer were reported dead days after operating ...

Former president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Professor Dominic Osaghae, has expressed worry over the increasing challenges facing medical education in the country. Describing them as unacceptable, he said they portend a bleak future for the medical profession. According ...

The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has commenced a partnership with its United States (U.S.) Voom Foundation and U.S. Military medical research team to revamp the hospital and elevate it to world-class standards. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of UCTH, ...

The Edo State Government has disclosed that there were plans to reopen the state’s School of Nursing and Midwifery that was earlier closed down. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who was represented by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, gave the ...

Abia State Ministry of Health and the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, the state capital, have confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state, announcing that an infected 28-year-old man on admission at FMC has died of the scourge. ...

The National Hospital Abuja has successfully separated twins who were co-joined on their chest and abdomen. Named Goodness and Mercy, the twins were delivered at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi in Nasarawa State on August 13, 2018 and were ...