[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has given a directive that the project to establish a world-class transformer production plant in Nigeria in collaboration with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) of China be fast-tracked to accelerate stable power supply in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for…
[ad_1] 1 killed in Delta, many assaulted in Kwara, Ogun Authorities mull armed security in health facilities NMA links trend to brain drain Attacks on medical doctors and other healthcare service providers by relatives of patients who die in hospitals have become prevalent. Cases in Kwara, Ogun and the recent incident that claimed the…
[ad_1] Ikenna Obianeri The officials of the Onitsha South Local Government Area, Anambra State on Thursday sealed off a motor park located inside the National Inland Water Ways Authority, River Niger Bridgehead, Onitsha over heaps of refuse dump. The sealing created some tension around the area as the council officials forcefully dragged out all the…
[ad_1] Victoria Edeme The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the harmonised Mental Health Bill into law. The Bill, which was harmonised by the Senate and House of Representatives in 2021, will replace the Lunacy act of 1958. The President of the Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria, Prof Taiwo Obindo, who confirmed the…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has said that the Chief Medical Director or Medical Director of any hospital in the country where a doctor or health worker is attacked by patients’ relatives during the line of duty should be issued a query. Decrying the spate of attacks on medical professionals in…
[ad_1] Victor Ayeni The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Prof. Cyril Usifoh, has condemned the murder of a physician, Dr. Uyi Iluobe, in Oghara, Delta State, while he attended to a patient in his hospital. The PSN President made his position known in Lagos on Wednesday, in a condolence message signed by Felix…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The Endocrine and Metabolism Society of Nigeria has alerted Nigerians to the increasing incidence of obesity, noting that the health condition is fast becoming an epidemic in the country. The society, which is affiliated with the International Society of Endocrinology, stated this in a communique issued at the end of its 43rd…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The World Health Organisation, on Wednesday, said China’s recent COVID-19 outbreak is predominantly led by the Omicron subvariants BA.5.2 and BF.7. The WHO disclosed this in a press statement, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH. The organisation said the subvariants account for 97.5 per cent of all local infections. It…
[ad_1] Dele Ogunyemi The Nigerian Medical Association, South-South Zone, has threatened to shut down all hospitals in Delta State to protest against the murder of one of its members, Dr. Uyi Iluobe, by gunmen who attacked his hospital, Olive Clinic, at Oghareki, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area on New Year’s Eve. The Chairman…
[ad_1] Amid the growing list of countries imposing travel restrictions on China over COVID-19 surge, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) representing airlines globally has cautioned against what it called “knee-jerk reinstatement” of restrictions which it said have proved “ineffective” since the virus started. IATA director general, Willie Walsh, stated this amid the growing concerns…
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