There Is Only One Psychiatrist To Every 500,000 Population In Africa – WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that there is one psychiatrist to 500,000 people in the Africa region. The Director of Programme Management, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Dr. Joseph Cabore said this on Thursday during a virtual press briefing monitored by our correspondent. According to Dr. Cabore, Africa has the highest rate of suicide globally. ABN TV reports that World Mental...
Hope For Imo Workers As Gov. Uzodinma Approves Free Medical Services
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has approved free medical care for workers in the state’s workforce as part of the state’s Social Health Insurance Scheme. Uzodimma gave the approval at a town hall meeting he held with top management staff of the Imo Civil Service, in Owerri on Tuesday. The governor said the gesture was part of efforts to ensure that...
Abia Undergraduate Gives Birth To Quintuplets At FMC Umuahia (Photos, Video)
A 24-year-old final year student of Micheal Okpara University Of Agriculture MOUAU, Oluomachi Lynda Nwojo on Tuesday gave birth to Quintuplets, a set of five babies at Federal Medical Center Umuahia Abia State. A native of Amamba Abriba in Ohafia LGA Abia State, she gave birth to 3 girls and 2 boys. Both mother and babies are in good...
Gov. Ikpeazu Pays Backlog Of Salaries Owed To Doctors
The members of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) ABSUTH chapter, have applauded Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu for paying seven months salary arrears to them in one tranche. Disclosing the payment of the arrears to newsmen in Umuahia, the President of ARD ABSUTH Aba, Dr Nnamdi Erondu, confirmed that members of the association in Abia State University Teaching Hospital...
Ogah Congratulates Prof. Ibe On Successful Medical Trip Overseas
Former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah has congratulated the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Abia, Prof. Gregory Ibe on his successful medical trip outside Nigeria. Dr Uche Ogah, a chieftain of APC said he wishes Prof. Ibe quick recovery in the spirit of True brotherhood. He wrote in a statement...
Family Kicks As Nigerian Lady Offers To Donate Kidney To Ekweremadu’s Daughter
A 24-year-old female skit maker, Annastasia Olamma, has said her family is against her decision to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Olamma had on Tuesday made the offer after Sonia announced that she needed a kidney donor because she had been diagnosed with rare kidney...
Ike Ekweremadu’s Daughter Begs Nigerians To Donate Kidney For Her
Sonia Chinonso Ekweremadu, daughter of Ike Ekweremadu has taken to social media to beg Nigerians for help. Sonia via her Instagram page begged Nigerians to donate kidney to help her survive. Recall that her father in the process of trying to get a kidney for her, got arrested and is still in prison in the United Kingdom. She appealed to Nigerians not...
Extend Our Retirement Age To 70, Doctors Urge FG
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, has urged the Federal Government to extend the retirement age of medical practitioners to 70 years to enable them impact more knowledge on upcoming doctors. The body of doctors made the call, yesterday, in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. NAGGMDP, which...
60 Million Nigerians Mentally Ill — Psychiatrist
Prof. Taiwo Obindo, President, of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), says that more than 60 million Nigerians are suffering from mental illnesses. Obindo, who is also the Chairman, Faculty of Psychiatry, West African College of Physicians, Nigeria Chapter, said this in an interview with the Newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. “Mental healthcare is in a sorry state given that...
Putin Instructs Cabinet to Take Steps To Make Russia Independent From Foreign Software
President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to take measures by December 15, 2022 to ensure Russia’s technological independence from the foreign software, which is currently used. This is one of instructions on the list published on the Kremlin website on Monday following the meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects. " the government of the Russian Federation <...>...
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