The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) will hear an investigated case of alleged professional misconduct involving seven doctors on Tuesday, September 27. Two doctors will be arraigned for judgements. They are: Dr. Roberts Osas Ikhu-Omoregbe and Dr. Abdul-Baki Abdulganiyu Ishola. Three others Dr. Elias Agada…
The Gombe State Government has said no fewer than 10 deaths have been recorded, following an outbreak of cholera in five local government areas of the state. The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Dr. Abdulrahman Shuaibu, disclosed this on Thursday while giving an update to newsmen on the outbreak…
A group of Chinese scientists has developed a face mask that can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person. Respiratory pathogens that caused COVID-19 and influenza spread through small droplets and aerosols released by infected people when they talk, cough, and sneeze. The wearable bioelectronic mask designed by the researchers from…
According to a report by Daily Trust, at least two persons have perished in a cholera outbreak at a facility where ex-Boko Haram fighters are encamped in Maiduguri, Borno State. Zuwaira Gambo, the state commissioner for women’s issues and social development, says this. Gambo said health personnel have confirmed the loss of two lives to…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between September 5 and 11, 2022. The NCDC via its official website said the new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases and deaths in the country to 917 and 171, respectively. It disclosed that…
The staggering number of Nigerian children who are diagnosed with cancer every year has been revealed. According to Daily Trust, about 40, 000 Nigerian children are diagnosed with different types of cancers every year, the founder of the Medicaid Cancer Foundation and first lady of Kebbi State, Zainab-Shinkafi Bagudu has said. She stated this yesterday…
Five hundred consultants in various medical fields have left their jobs in government hospitals in Nigeria to practice abroad, the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has disclosed. The association’s President, Dr Victor Makanjuola, disclosed this on Sunday, September 11, while speaking to newsmen after a briefing on the resolution reached at the end…
The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) has made a startling revelation about the cases of mental illness in Nigeria. The association says more than 60 million Nigerians are suffering from mental ailments. Prof. Taiwo Obindo, President of the association disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been issued a two-month ultimatum by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to pay its members the newly approved hazard allowance. The ultimatum was contained in a communique issued at the end of the NMA’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Sunday, in Gombe State, the News Agency of Nigeria…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has talked about why doctors are leaving the country. The association said poor salaries and a lack of a conducive working environment forced many medical doctors and health workers to leave Nigeria for other countries with better remuneration. NMA National President, Dr Uche Ojinmah stated this in an interview with…