[ad_1] Lara Adejoro No fewer than 345 incidents of violence against Nigerian doctors were reported in 2022, The PUNCH reports. This is according to the report on “Workplace Violence against Doctors” obtained exclusively by The PUNCH from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. According to the report, 74 per cent of the attacks required medical attention, and 15 per…
[ad_1] A renowned professor of law and former legal adviser to the former Nigerian president, General Sani Abacha, Prof. Auwalu Yadudu has lost his wife, Hajiya Zainab Auwal Yadudu. According to a short message sent by the professor, a former dean, Faculty of Law at the Bayero University Kano, his wife died in the United…
[ad_1] Senator representing Nasarawa South at the National Assembly, Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC), has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari, for approving the establishment of a Federal Teaching Hospital, in Lafia. He commended the president, for assenting to the bill for the establishment of Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital, saying it is one of…
[ad_1] Almost 90 percent of people in China’s third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top official said Monday, as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases. Kan Quancheng, director of the health commission for central Henan province, told a press conference that “as of January 6, 2023, the province’s…
[ad_1] Founder, Nigerian Mental Health, Mr. Chime Asonye, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the National Mental Health Bill 2021, into law. He however urged incoming administrations to prioritise and implement the National Mental Health Bill 2021, to boost the country’s healthcare system. Asonye made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro No fewer than 1,600 members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors from over 30 health facilities in the country are yet to be paid their Medical Residency Training Fund since 2020, Sunday PUNCH reports. This is even as NARD warned that it might take a drastic action if nothing was done by the…
[ad_1] Hoodlums over the weekend disrupted the distribution of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) in some parts of Ikpoba Okha LGA of Edo State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Friday and Saturday in Ward 01 at Iwogban/Uteh; Ward 05 at St Saviour’s School; Ward 07 at Ugbekun; Ward 06 at Maria Goretti…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo A child health expert, Prof. Edamisan Temiye, has urged parents to ensure that they properly disposed of babies’ stool, warning that its poor handling could lead to diarrhoea and hepatitis A. According to the child care expert, no stool be it of a child or adult is harmless, warning that getting hepatitis…
[ad_1] Temitope Adetunji A psychiatrist at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Dr. Adebusola Adegbola Adefeso, discusses the causes, symptoms, treatment options and misconceptions about psychosis, commonly known as madness, in this interview with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI How best can psychosis be described? The word psychosis derives its root from the Greek origin ‘psyche’ for mind/soul and oasis…
[ad_1] Some hoodlums have disrupted the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in some parts of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Friday and Saturday in Ward 01 at Iwogban/Uteh Ward 05 at St. Saviour’s School, Ward 07 at Ugbekun, Ward 06 at Maria…
