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BREAKING NEWS: Nurses in Ondo State protest non-payment of salary

Ihesiulo Grace 6 August 2020 0

Nurses working in the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State on Thursday staged a protest against the non-payment of their salaries by the state government. Daily Times gathered that the nurses have accused Ondo State government led by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of

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Doctors, nurses, pharmacists of Ngala General Hospital suspended for abandoning patents

Ihesiulo Grace 3 June 2020 0

Maiduguri – Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has suspended all paid staff, amongst them resident medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and lab technicians at the General Hospital in Ngala town for abandoning patients to an International NGO, fhi360. Ngala town liberated from insurgents in 2015 is the Headquarters of Ngala Local Government Area with an international […]

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Top 3 nurses in Nigerian history who made significant changes

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2020 0

With Nurses Week right around the corner, we thought it appropriate to share this article with you about Nurses throughout history in Nigeria who made significant changes in the Nursing field. We are featuring the top 3 influential nurses who changed the course of nursing. Kofoworola Abeni Pratt (Nursing, 1950) was the first black nurse […]

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Covid-19: NANNM seeks safety, welfare of nurses, midwives

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has said that the safety of health workers was critical to the country’s containment strategy for COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs. Blessing Israel, the Lagos state chairman of NANNM, said this in an interview on Sunday in Lagos. Israel explained that safety of the members of the association […]

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Breaking: LASUTH places 4 nurses on isolation over death of COVID-19 patient

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2020 0

Lagos – The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) says it has placed four of its nurses on isolation, after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. Prof. Tokunboh Fabamwo, LASUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known in an interview w on Saturday in Lagos. Recall that the hospital had earlier on Saturday confirmed the […]

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COVID-19:Nurses, Midwives in Plateau to strike over protection equipment

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2020 0

Nurses and Midwives in Plateau on Saturday threatened to withdraw their services from the fight against the spread of COVID-19  due to the alleged non-provision of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) by the State Government. The health personnel under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Plateau Council, made the threat at […]

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COVID-19: Nurses in Enugu protest lack of PPE in ESUTH

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2020 0

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane on Wednesday embarked on a peaceful protest demanding for sufficient protective equipment for them. READ ALSO: Kebbi assemblymen donate 50% of 2 months salaries to fight COVID-19 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the nurses […]

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Nurses critical in health service delivery – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

…As NANNM president seek inclusion of nurses in policy formulation The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said that Nurses and Midwives are essential group in health care delivery, who have the potential to shape the image of the healthcare profession. To this end, the minister reaffirmed that the federal Government will continue to […]

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Time to halt brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector

Ihesiulo Grace 3 December 2019 0

The massive brain drain in the Nigerian health sector in recent years which has seen many medical doctors, nurses and midwives among other health professionals leaving the country has heightened the need for urgent steps to be taken to halt the trend in order to save the sector from total collapse. Many Nigerian doctors and […]

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Brain drain: 5,405 Nigerian-trained doctors, nurses working in UK hospitals

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2018 0

Stakeholders in the health sector have lamented that no fewer than 5,405 Nigerian-trained doctors and nurses are currently working with the British National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (U.K.) Speaking during a news conference with a theme titled: “The Diaspora as Nigeria’s Brain Gain,” one of the stakeholders, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor, Director, Policy

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Nigerian Army needs more medical personnel — Major-General Okeke

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

For the Nigerian Army to meet with the medical demands especially as it fights against insurgency in North-East and other security challenges in the country, the Corps Commander Medical, Major-General Ikechukwu Okeke, said that more medical personnel were needed. The corps commander sated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of the upgraded and renovated facilities of the

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Dearth of personnel in Kwara hospitals worries nurses

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2017 0

THE members of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Kwara State chapter yesterday deplored the imminent dearth of personnel in the state’s owned government hospitals, citing poor remunerations of their members in the employment of the state government. According to the NANNM members during the grand finale of the celebrations of this

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Nurses call off strike in Delta’s public hospitals

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2017 0

Nurses working under the Delta state Hospitals Management Board (HMB) have called off the strike they embarked upon on Dec. 23, 2016 The Public Relations Officer, Delta state Ministry of Health, Mr. Ojebo Donald, in a statement issued in Asaba on Tuesday said the industrial action was suspended on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Donald said […]