The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday thumbed up the university’s multi-system hospital for the various exploits it had been doing since establishment, saying it had come to end outward medical tourism in Nigeria. Babalola, who spoke against the backdrop of the first kidney transplant in the hospital, said, “This […]
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; son, Uchechi Iweala. Source: Twitter; Center for Advanced Orthopedics Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a […]
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•From left: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Vice President Osinbajo; Ogun State Governor, Mr. Dapo Abiodun and Chairman Duchess International Hospital, Dr. Onabowale, at the launch of Duchess International Hospital in Lagos … last weekend The Duchess International Hospital, a purpose-built 100-bed, fully ensuite hospital facility offering primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services across […]
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•Founder of ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola (2nd left), his wife, Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola (middle) and the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Smaranda Olarinde (2nd right) and others with the patient at the VIP ward of the Hospital The procedure at the dedicated twin-transplant theatre of ABUAD Multi-system Hospital With its first kidney transplant successfully performed last week, […]
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In commemoration of Breast cancer awareness month held throughout October, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, owned by a paediatrician and First Lady of Kebbi State, Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, is set to host Nigeria’s biggest cancer walk on today, 16th October 2021. Aimed at creating awareness for breast, cervical and prostate cancer, the group 5km walk will […]
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The management of Mysp Pharmaceutical Nigeria Ltd (Mysp Pharma) is strongly devoted to catapulting the company into a prime player in the pharmaceutical sector in terms of quality and distribution. In order to achieve this, the company has activated a restructuring process to ensure that its products reach all parts of the country. As part […]
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Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has called on individuals, private organisations, religious institutions and non-governmental organisations to support the government in healthcare development for a better humanity. He made the appeal, yesterday, during the commissioning of Lion Isaac Olusola Dada Dialysis Centre and Renal Institute at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, sponsored […]
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the […]
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• We are open to dialogue, says NARD The Federal Government on Sunday night said it has not received any official communication from resident doctors on their minimum demands for an end of their 56-day old strike. The government however, assured that it would make its position known to the doctors once it received such […]
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Labour and Employment Minister, Dr Chris Ngige, has frowned on the failure of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to comply with the court order directing them to suspend their strike and resume, describing their action as contempt of court. The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja had on Friday ordered the doctors to resume […]
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