[ad_1] Tony Ademiluyi The Federal Government and Lagos State Government have restated their commitment to work with non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders to ensure the country achieves universal healthcare coverage by the year 2030. The FG and Lagos govt stated this at the first free medical outreach organised by the Ogbara Kafilat Foundation held in…
[ad_1] The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the federal government does not meet its demands. The association in a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Monday, and signed by its president, Dr Emeka Innocent Orji, said processes for the strike would commence…
[ad_1] Tony Ademiluyi The Federal Government and Lagos State Government have restated their commitment to work with non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders to ensure the country achieves universal healthcare coverage by the year 2030. The FG and Lagos govt stated this at the first free medical outreach organised by the Ogbara Kafilat Foundation held in…
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will screen passengers coming into the country, using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, said this on Monday in Abuja during the Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and developments in the country’s health sector. Okatubo said…
[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…
