Mrs Clara Azubuike, the Head of Nutrition and Dietics, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, has called for employment of more dieticians at various healthcare centres across the country. Azubuike who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Monday, decried the dearth of qualified dieticians at local […]
The Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun state has recorded three fresh cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The three patients according to the hospital’s Head of Public Relations and Information, Mr. Segun Orisajo were all adult males. Orisajo said, one of the victims died before the sample result came out. The deceased, a 58- […]
The Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has confirmed the death of an out-patient police officer who died as a result of coronavirus complications. The centre on Saturday, also confirmed that two of its staff, a nurse, an administrative officer and three other patients have tested positive for the coronavirus, stating that the policeman died before the […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state on Thursday said the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Research built by the state government at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, was ready for use. The governor disclosed this while speaking to newsmen shortly after inspecting the facility. He said that all facilities required to make the centre receive […]
Authorities of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri Imo State have dismissed news making the rounds that the state has recorded a case of Lassa fever following the recent outbreak Abia state. Imo state government through its Commissioner for Health, Dr. Vin Udokwu also declared the state safe and free of Lassa fever disease. Rumours […]
The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Dr Azubuike Onyebuchi, has said that the second Sovereign Wealth Laboratory in Nigeria, being put up at the hospital, will be ready for inauguration by January 2020. Onyebuchi made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in his office on Friday, saying that the laboratory had reached more […]
A ghastly auto crash which occurred along Asaba- Benin Expressway around Issele Azagba/Akwukwu Igbo on Tuesday night has claimed the life a driver, his conductor, four – year old boy, and five others, while four others who survived are currently being admitted at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State. It was gathered that […]
Aisha Buhari Foundation has embarked on the building of a 70-bed antenatal and maternity clinic within the premises of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola. The Clinic is being built to complement the existing 17 bed Maternity ward at the Centre. Aisha Buhari’s personal physician, Dr. Mohammed Kamal, while inspecting the project said, the clinic when […]
…Hold FG responsible over doctor’s death- PDP There are strong indications that about 30 persons have been placed on surveillance following the death a medical doctor and a child said to have died from diseases suspected to be Lassa fever. The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State, Dr Abali Chiku, who spoke […]
The Commissioner for Information in Abia, Mr. John Okiyi, has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. Okiyi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Umuahia on Monday, said that the government and the hospital management had swung into action to check the spread of the disease. “Abia Government […]
The Medical Director in-charge of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Dr. Abali Chukwu, on Monday, advised the Joint Union of Health (JUHESU) to look at their strategies in order to get their requests from the appropriate authorities. He was speaking when a team of the members of the union led by its National Vice President […]
A dentist at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba, Miss Joy Joseph, on Wednesday advised residents of the state to go for teeth check-up after every six months. Joseph stressed that the check-up would prevent tooth decay and mouth odour. According to her, food particles that sticked to the teeth over time were responsible […]