Ondo hospital rations fuel, patient dies during surgery
A middle-aged-man, Sunday Samuel, has accused the Ondo State Trauma and Surgical Centre, Ondo Town, of negligence after his wife died during a surgical operation
Category : Health
How fake drugs threaten Nigeria’s multi-billion pharma industry
The prevalence of fake drugs is a menace to over 200 million people in Nigeria. The need to look at the effects of substandard products
Neimeth breaks grounds amid challenges
Audited report and accounts of International Pharmaceuticals Plc for the year ended September 30, 2021 showed that gross turnover hit a high of N3.05 billion
12.7 million Nigerians living with hepatitis B –WHO
The 2021 viral hepatitis scorecard by the World Health Organisation indicates that an estimated 998,000 children under five years in Nigeria are chronic carriers of
Nigeria’s Lassa fever cases jump to 857, 164 deaths – NCDC
The Lassa fever cases in Nigeria have jumped to 857 and 164 people have so far died from the disease in the first seven months
Biden tests positive again for COVID-19
US President Joe Biden has tested positive again for Covid-19 after consecutive days of testing negative for the virus. His physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor disclosed
WHO declares monkeypox outbreak global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday activated its highest alert level for the growing monkeypox outbreak, declaring the virus a public health emergency of
Nigeria’s human capital development among world’s worst -W’Bank
The World Bank Group has said that Nigeria’s human capital development ranks among the worst globally. The Washington-based bank stated this in a new report
COVID-19: Symptoms still evolving–Expert warns
Dr Seyi Oniyangi, Consultant Paediatrician and Former Chairperson Medical Advisory Committee, National Hospital Abuja, on Saturday said that symptoms of COVID-19 are still evolving and
25m children miss out vaccination in 2021 – UN
Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates in approximately 30 years, with 25 million infants
