Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke The Management of Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH has reacted to the allegation that it sent some patients out of the hospital on Monday night. The hospital management said it took the decision due to the ongoing Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals strike. Osun […]
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Sokoto State Ministry of Health has cautioned residents that cases of Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis, commonly known as Apollo is on the rise in recent weeks in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, who announced this said the symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of red eyes, swelling pain, and watery […]
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Dr. Olutoke Abraham, a resident doctor at the Federal Medical Center in Abeokuta, has challenged the widespread belief that low sexual activity contributes to prostate cancer. Speaking at a medical outreach organized by the Rotary Club for traders at Abeokuta’s Tarmac Phone Village, Abraham emphasized that age, smoking, and obesity—not sexual activity—are significant factors increasing […]
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The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has sounded the alarm over the growing financial strain on Nigeria’s private healthcare sector, revealing that more than 50% of private hospitals have shut down, with those remaining barely staying afloat. President of the GMD, Dr. Raymond Kuti, explained in an interview that many hospitals are struggling to manage […]
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Bitter kola, also known as Garcinia kola, is gradually becoming one of the highly sought products in Nigeria and other countries across the world. The nut is occasionally eaten by a few people, especially in the northern part of Nigeria as the region doesn’t grow it much, and it was initially sold cheaply as against […]
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed concern over the number of admissions of severely malnourished children in the northeast as a result of severe food insecurity. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Aliyu Dawobe, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of ICRC in Abuja, on Tuesday. The Red Cross […]
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No fewer than 29 children received free open heart surgeries as 1,000 patients from across Anambra State have received free treatment of various ailments provided by 82 foreign doctors during a medical mission in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government of the state. The doctors, from the United States, Sweden, and Canada, worked under the VOOM Foundation […]
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University College Hospital, Ibadan The College of Medicine, University of Ibadan Class of 1989, has donated hospital equipment worth $1 million to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, to enhance healthcare delivery. The donation, facilitated through a US-based non-governmental organisation, Project C.U.R.E., which specialises in collecting and distributing medical equipment to hospitals in developing countries, includes […]
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By Olufunke Faluyi Sometime this year, I visited a family friend and I saw he was drinking herbal tea. He told me he had weaned himself off metformin (a diabetes medication) because the tea regulates his blood sugar. He said he was so impressed by the result that he had to buy the tea for […]
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The presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the last election, Mr Peter Obi has called for strategic partnership and sustainable expansion of healthcare initiatives in Nigeria to ensure better health for Nigerians. Obi, former governor of Anambra State, made this call when he visited the Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation (SEOF) and its partners at the […]
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