The Governor of Zamfara state, Dr. Dauda Lawal has stated that, his administration, since declaration of state of emergency on healthcare sector have fully renovated and equipped General Hospitals in the state. He made this known while visiting the renovated General Hospital in Shinkafi and the ongoing new Referral Hospital project in […]
Bauchi State Government has received hospital and medical equipment worth millions of US dollars from World Medical Relief, a USA-based health organisation. The donation includes patient care, nutrition treatment, electronic beds, wheelchairs, and delivery components. The state commissioner for Health, Dr Sani Mohammed Dambam while receiving the items on behalf of the Bauchi state government, […]
The Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) has called on federal and state governments to upgrade hospitals nationwide for effective healthcare delivery and emergency responses. MWIA President, Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi, made the call in Enugu following the death of Arise TV news anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu. She said Maduagwu’s case highlighted the dysfunction of Nigeria’s health system. […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced it will embark on a five-day nationwide warning strike. The action is to press for the fulfillment of outstanding salary and welfare demands. According to Punch, the industrial action is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025, and will run until Tuesday, […]
The Katsina state government has approved N703 million for the reconstruction of perimeter fences and security barricades in 14 general hospitals across local government areas prone to attacks. Sani Magaji-Ingawa, commissioner for works, housing and transport, disclosed this on Thursday after the state executive council meeting in Katsina. Magaji-Ingawa listed the affected areas as Kankara, […]
BY IDIBIA GABRIEL An emergency patient who was referred from Sabon Tasha General Hospital to St. Gerard Catholic Hospital for lack of power, fuel and a doctor is dead. Mr. Linus, a 36 years old father of two and student of Kaduna Polytechnic reportedly died on Monday in Barau Dikko Hospital after a brief illness. […]
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Randle General Hospital recently celebrated Global Nutrition Awareness Month with Ansar-ud-deen Grammar School, Lagos. Focusing on ‘Nutritional Challenges in Adolescence and the Way Forward,’ both teachers and students benefited from the event, which included career talks on nutrition, free health checks, and counseling from the medical officials of the […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital over persistent symptoms of the coronavirus, according to a Downing Street statement late on Sunday. The relocation to hospital comes 10 days after the 55-year-old premier first announced that he had tested positive for infection with the novel coronavirus. “On the advice of his doctor, […]
Abuja – An official of the National Hospital says 46 Health Maintenance Organisation (HMOs) are owing the hospital N520 million reconciled bills under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as at September, 2019. The official who pleaded anonymity in Abuja that HMOs owned the hospital a total of N1.7 billion unreconciled bills in the period […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to patronise a Nigerian public hospital on his next medical appointment so that he can experience the healthcare reality that Nigerian citizens have been subjected to under his government. The PDP also decried President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment against overseas treatment, for which he leads on the […]
Lagos – Some enrollees of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Friday decried the non-availability of prescribed drugs and frequent referrals by healthcare providers under the scheme. The enrollees made the complaints in separate interviews in Lagos. A Journalist with NAN, Mr Moses Omorogieva, urged NHIS to direct all Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) to […]
In effort to bring to an end the spate of medical tourism by Nigerians, former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, says he has sealed a partnership with Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, to establish a world-class medical facility in Abuja, for the treatment of Cancer patients. Atiku, said the 100-bed hospital facility will break new grounds in medical […]
* Senate summons IGP, faults Buhari govt The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Wednesday led other senators to visit Senator Dino Melaye at the National Hospital in Abuja. Saraki was said to have been allowed to see Melaye on his sick bed at the Trauma Centre of the hospital. The Upper legislative chamber had […]
The ongoing drama between the Nigeria Police and Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) continued on Tuesday as the federal lawmaker surrendered to the police and later reportedly hospitalised at Zankali a Hospital in Utako district, Abuja. The hospital ambulance was said to have brought Melaye to the hospital at about 4:25pm, and was admitted […]
I believe everyone knows the medical facilities in Benue state are overstretched at the moment. The recurring bloodbath in the state has exalted a strain on medical services. And that some of them are sub-standard makes the situation more daisy and messier. But medical professionals and administrators like a Consultant Surgeon and Medical Director (MD), […]
The Nigerian Army on Monday said seven of her troops Wounded – in- Action in the North – East are to be flown to India for advanced medical treatment. The Acting Chief of Medical Director, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba, Brigadier-General Adekola Dada disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lagos. Dada stated that the Chief […]
Actress and single mum of two, Iyabo Ojo narrowly escaped death after recently embarking on a buttocks enlargement surgery. According to report, she fell into a five day coma after having the buttocks enlargement surgery in Turkey. Kemi Ashefon reports it thus: “Of a petite frame, she almost lost her life in faraway Turkey, where […]
An international organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, popularly called Doctors Without Borders, has donated 100 beds to cholera patients receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi State. The organisation disclosed, in a statement by its Field Communication Manager, Maro Verli, that it had treated 559 patients since the beginning of the outbreak […]
Evicted Big Brother Naija housemate, Ifu Ennada took to her Instagram page to share yet another touching story from her past. She talked about how her 4-year-old brother died right in front of her because they couldn’t afford healthcare and how her family once relocated to the village because of unpaid rent. Read her story […]
The son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf Buhari has been discharged from the hospital says the presidency. The President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed the development on Friday on his Twitter handle. Yusuf, was admitted into Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, on December 26, 2017 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Femi Adesina, […]