Osun State Health Commissioner, Mr Jola Akintola, has commended the Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) for its outstanding partnership with the Ministry of Health, particularly in managing HIV and AIDS. Akintola who gave the commendation during the presentation by ECEWS’s State Program Manager (SPM) in Osun, held at the Public Health Emergency Operation Center, […]
Continue ReadingBy Kayode Oseni There are three main types of tumor: #1.Benign: These tumors are not cancerous. They do not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body. #2.Premalignant: In these tumors, the cells are not yet cancerous, but they can potentially become malignant. #3.Malignant: Malignant tumors are cancerous. In the practice of […]
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Five months after an elevator accident led to the death of a House Officer, Dr Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan Lagos, the equipment was yet to be replaced. Diaso was killed after the elevator crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor of the 131-year-old hospital. A colleague of the deceased told […]
Continue ReadingBy Kayode Oseni So we all agree that we want to be at ease, all the time, or at least most of the time? Alright then, let’s see how to achieve that. I postulated that maintaining harmony within our body is the surest way to being at ease and enjoying good health. How are we […]
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The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to promptly allocate a portion of the funds saved from the fuel subsidy removal to furnish complimentary malaria treatments and medications in all government-owned hospitals nationwide. This resolution stemmed from the approval of a motion addressing a matter of national urgency, sponsored by Hon. Amobi […]
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Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) More teaching hospitals might shut down due to a shortage of nurses and doctors on account of their massive relocation abroad, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Dele Abdullahi, has indicated. The fear follows reports that the Lagos […]
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Disturbed by the havoc being wreaked on the helpless people by quack medical personnel, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on doctors to join hands with goveenment in the battle to eradicate quackery. He made this passionate appeal at the opening ceremony of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the National Association of […]
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Diabetes Epidemic • Over 11.2 million Nigerians living with type 2 diabetes, 560,000 with type 1 • Patients lament increase in cost of insulin, drugs, tests, others As the global community marks the World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2023 today, the high morbidity, mortality and soaring cost of treating the killer disease have continued to worry […]
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By Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie Last week, we discussed how to maintain a moderate weight amongst middle-aged people. This week, we are exploring the spectre of sudden ill health appearing without warning in people aged 50 years and above. Some of these ailments can announce their presence painfully. One of the most common of these ailments […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Nigeria has the highest out-of-pocket expenditure on health in West Africa. In 2020, Nigeria’s out of pocket expenditure as a share of health expenditure was at the level 74.7%. The WHO representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, at a retreat for commissioners of health from 36 states of […]
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