Despite the long meeting between resident doctors and a federal government delegation, officials have said the strike will continue. The meeting in Abuja ended in the early hours of Thursday between the leaders of the striking doctors, NARD, and a federal government delegation that included the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and that of health, […]
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A professor, Adegboyega Fawole of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, has warned that Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) has been found in the throat of people engaging in oral sex. Mr. Fawole, who is of the Department of Gynaecology, UITH, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Tuesday that HPV was mostly […]
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the Federal Government’s (FG) offer, and have therefore commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the FG to meet its demands. The decision to go on strike is coming after after the association’s national executive council meeting which ended in the early hours of Monday […]
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Prof. Ganiyu Arinola, a Senior Lecturer of Immunology at the University of Ibadan, has said cell-phone radiation might likely cause male infertility. Arinola, the Head of Department of Chemical Pathology, University College Hospital (UCH), told the interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there had been a public attention on the issue. The […]
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Saka Audu, Kogi state commissioner for health, said an unknown disease with symptoms, including diarrhoea, blood stain vomiting, and high fever, has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba west local government of the state. “We initially suspected Lassa fever after getting some misleading reports about people bleeding around, so we made […]
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A new research has shown that oil workers, having direct contact with crude oil and benzene have a much greater risk of developing skin cancer. This is as revealed by public broadcaster NRK, on Tuesday. Researchers at the Cancer Registry of Norway have investigated the incidence of skin cancer among 25,000 oil workers employed in […]
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Patients at the Edo Central Hospital in Benin and their caregivers on Tuesday staged a protest against alleged robbery and rape in the hospital. The patients and their caregivers, who protested around the central hospital premises, appealed to the management of the institution to put in place security measures to ensure the safety of their […]
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Global leader in consumer health and hygiene, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) makers of Dettol has urged nursing mothers to embrace good hygiene practice during breast-feeding. This was emphasised at a Breast-feeding workshop, titled ‘Sustaining Development Together’ which was carried out in partnership with Save Our Children International (Nigeria Branch) at Shomolu, Lagos, recently. This event was […]
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About 140 cases of measles have been reported across 10 local governments in Taraba state, a health official in the state has said. According a statement, Innocent Vakkai, the Commissioner of Health, on Wednesday told journalists that majority of those affected were children bellow five years, who had not been vaccinated. He said the disease, […]
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Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has disclosed that two patients have died from Lassa Fever. He also said 100 members of staff have been placed under surveillance. Bode said the late patients died few days after admission. “Each of these two patients presented very late and died […]
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