Health

Resident doctors threaten strike, give FG 2-week ultimatum to meet welfare demands

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to resolve outstanding welfare and…

1 month ago

Jigawa vaccinates over 3,000 livestock to curtail lung disease

The Kaugama Local Government Council in Jigawa State has commenced vaccination of 3,105 livestock following reported cases of pulmonary disease…

1 month ago

NAFDAC probes Fortcef injection after deaths at National Hospital, other facilities

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has launched an investigation into suspected serious adverse reactions, including…

1 month ago

Nigeria turns to AgriConnect as food insecurity, high prices persist

Nigeria is turning to a new agricultural coordination framework to tackle persistent food insecurity, high food prices and low farm…

1 month ago

BUK inducts 47 new pharmacists as expert warns of widening healthcare gaps

Bayero University, Kano has inducted 47 Doctor of Pharmacy graduates into the profession, with experts calling for greater deployment of…

1 month ago

WHO, Zamfara train health workers as cholera, diphtheria cases persist

The Zamfara State Government, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has trained frontline health workers to improve the…

1 month ago

Nigeria records West Africa’s first telerobotic surgery

Nigeria has recorded what the Redeemer’s Health Village, Mowe, Ogun State, described as West Africa’s first telerobotic surgery, with doctors…

2 months ago

Zamfara health workers get 95% salary boost

Zamfara State has adopted a revised salary structure for health workers, with employees across the state’s health sector set to…

2 months ago

Sickle cell patient undergoes first hip replacement in Yobe

Doctors at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital have successfully carried out the hospital’s first total hip replacement surgery on…

2 months ago

Methanol, cannabis linked to 48 deaths in Ondo — NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has detected high concentrations of methanol and Cannabis indica in…

2 months ago

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