The Federal Government on Monday took delivery of another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses. The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the vaccine at a ceremony in Abuja. According to AFP, the vaccines had arrived Nigeria on Sunday […]
The Federal Government will on Monday receive about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Sunday. NPHCDA Executive Director/ CEO, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, in a memo issued to journalists in Abuja, said the consignment is a donation from the American government. The expected shipment will […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has asked its members to commence a nationwide strike on Monday. Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, president of the association, said the directive was issued after the NARD national executive council (NEC) meeting on Saturday. The doctors had embarked on a strike on April 1 to protest the failure of the […]
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that his boss prefers to have his medical check-up in the United Kingdom because Nigeria’s doctors do not have his medical profile. He said this while responding to a question on why Buhari could not be treated in Nigeria during […]
Only seven out of the over 5,349 medical laboratories in Nigeria meet the ISO 15189 international accreditation standards of the International Organisation for Standardisation’s Technical Committee for medical laboratories. The ISO 15189:2012 is an internationally regulatory standard for medical labs that accredits a laboratory as meeting quality management systems and a standard used by regulators, […]
The Chief Medical Director, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Dr Shedrack Offiah, said the management had sacked six doctors for abandoning their jobs after collecting their salaries. Offiah disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while showcasing steps taken to deter ABSUTH doctors who use government time […]
Health authorities in Enugu have confirmed an outbreak of cholera at the popular New Artisan Market, where seven people have died and 19 hospitalised. Enugu health commissioner Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, said a rapid response team, upon receiving reports of the incident conducted an immediate investigation and found patients “presented with sudden onset of passage […]
After operating a clinic illegally for 20 years in a remote village, Mansur, with unsuspecting villagers patronizing, two quack medical personnel have been arrested for running a clinic without permits in Bauchi by operatives of the Bauchi State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Bauchi State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Nuradeen […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer embark on his medical follow-up trip to the United Kingdom as earlier scheduled for today. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari postpones London trip.’ The statement read, “The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is about embarking on yet another medical trip to London. Femi Adesina, Presidential Spokesman, announced this in a statement on Thursday. “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. “He is due back in the country during the second week […]
