A medical expert, Dr Stephen Aderemi of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned people against excessive consumption of locally prepared herbs to avoid causing serious damage to their health. Aderemi gave the warning Monday during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin on Monday. Herbs are plants with savoury or aromatic properties used […]
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has warned against indiscriminate or misuse of paracetamol, saying such practice damages the liver and kidney. Jelili Kilani, PSN Chairman, FCT chapter, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday emphasised that paracetamol, an analgesic, was not supposed to be misused. […]
Continue ReadingThe patient whose kidney was removed after a doctor mistook it for tumour is responding to the treatment. The 23-year-old herdsman from Fufore Local Government in Adamawa state, Isa Hamman, had his kidney extracted by a doctor in a private clinic who conducted a surgery on him. The doctor’s conduct was described as unprofessional by […]
Continue ReadingThe Adamawa Government has constituted a six-man investigative panel to probe the alleged ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF A PATIENT’S KIDNEY by a physician in a private clinic in Yola, the state capital.Malam Abubakar Muhammad, the the Information Officer of state Ministry of Health, confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday in Yola. He said that one Dr […]
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