LABOUR MP Dawn Butler says she was forced to hide in a hospital toilet to read documents that would ultimately uncover the failings in the care being administered to her
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EU Ban On Nigerian Food: Senator raises alarm over health of Nigerians
August 10, 2015 Comment Off 104 ViewsSenator Joshua Lidani (PDP-Gombe South) has raised alarm over the health implication of the consumption of foods containing a high concentration of pesticide among Nigerians. Lidani raised the alarm
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Nigeria’s Ministry Of Health Accuses Okonjo-Iweala
July 28, 2015 Comment Off 75 ViewsOfficials of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) are questioning how former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala handled payment of the sum of $2.2 million that was the subject of a dispute
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Nigeria’s First Cancer Center a Roswell Park & Lakeshore Partnership
June 30, 2015 Comment Off 353 ViewsRoswell Park Cancer Institute’s partnership with a new cancer center in Nigeria brings specialty cancer services to 175 million people for the first time. The Lakeshore Cancer Center in Nigeria
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Supreme Court upholds Obama signature health care law
June 25, 2015 Comment Off 40 ViewsPresident Obama - The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a bitterly disputed portion of President Barack Obama’s landmark health care reform, in a major legacy-building victory for his
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‘Breast cancer doesn’t just happen to older white women’
November 16, 2014 Comment Off 702 ViewsWINNER: Heather Shekede, second right, collecting her award A MUM who lost a breast to cancer has been given an award for her bravery after posing topless for a charity’s awareness
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US Denies Ebola Screening for Nigerian Passengers
October 5, 2014 Comment Off 38 ViewsThe United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has categorically denied it is planning to carry out an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) screening for Nigerian passengers flying into the
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Ebola: Use survivors’ blood to treat patients – WHO tells Nigeria, others
September 7, 2014 Comment Off 31 ViewsThe World Health Organization, WHO, has given countries hit by Ebola outbreak the go-ahead to use the blood of Ebola survivors in combating the highly infectious and deadly virus. There is no
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Resident doctors protest sack in Lagos, demand unconditional reversal
August 19, 2014 Comment Off 51 ViewsThe Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday embarked on peaceful protest at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
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Nigeria’s Health Ministry defends Jonathan’s sacking of resident doctors
August 16, 2014 Comment Off 66 ViewsPresident Jonathan sacked all resident doctors in Nigeria on Thursday. The Federal Government on Thursday defended President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to sack thousands of resident
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