NAFDAC Advises Against Buying Drugs From Open Markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that drugs sold in open market are poisonous and dangerous to human health. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the NAFDAC Director-General gave the warning at the North-Central media sensitisation workshop on the dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with calcium carbide in Lafia on Monday. Adeyeye, represented by...
Gov. Otti Offers Free Treatment To Okada Rider Hit By Convoy, Suspends Driver
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has directed the Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, to ensure that a motorcycle rider, Orji Felix, who was injured by a government van, receives the best medical attention at no cost to him or his family. The governor also ordered the immediate suspension of the driver, Onyebuchi Steven, attached to...
First Nigerian Hospital To Introduce Technology That Allows Removal Of Prostrate Without Open Surgery Emerges
An Umuahia-based medical facility, ELEOS Specialist Hospital has become the first hospital in Nigeria to commence Bipolar Enucleation of the prostate. This new technological advancement allows the removal of prostates completely irrespective of the size without opening up the patient's body. Older methods of achieving the same thing according to Dr Paul E Ngwu a Consultant Urologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon, include...
UK Records First Case Of New COVID-19 Variant
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has confirmed the country's first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86. On Friday, the UKHSA announced this on its website. According to the report, the case was confirmed in an individual with no recent travel history, implying a degree of community transmission within the UK. The COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 was categorized as a 'variant under surveillance' by...
Tinubu Talks Tough, Warns Of “Grave Consequences” If Bazoum’s Health Falters
President Bola Tinubu warned there will be “grave consequences” if Niger’s military regime allows ousted President Mohamed Bazoum’s health to worsen under house arrest, a European official said Friday. During a call to EU chief Charles Michel, the Nigerian leader, chair of the ECOWAS regional bloc which opposes the Niger coup, said: “President Bazoum’s detention conditions are deteriorating.” Earlier, the EU...
Anambra Govt Places Ban On Advertisement Of Herbal Medicines
The Anambra State Government has announced the ban on all forms of open advertisement of herbal medicines in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, on Saturday. Nwosu also said the state government had directed that all advertisements for herbal drugs must be approved by the office of the Special Adviser...
Otti In Meeting With CMD FMC Umuahia, Vows To Complete New Accident & Emergency Ward
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has promised that the state would support the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, to complete its new Accident and Emergency Ward. Governor Otti disclosed this when he met with the Medical Director of the Federal Government's hospital, Pro Azubuike Onyebuchi, on Tuesday, while on a brief stopover at the facility, chief press secretary to...
We’re Ready To Employ You In Our Military Hospitals, Lagbaja Tells Doctors Returning From Overseas
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has assured Nigerian Doctors abroad willing to return to the country that the Nigerian Army is ready to absorb them into its military hospitals. Lagbaja gave this assurance while receiving Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and top management team of the Commission at Army Headquarters, Abuja. According to...
Resident Doctors Call Off Protest
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its planned protest and picketing of the Federal Ministry of Health, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation as well as all Federal and State tertiary health institutions nationwide. The decision was taken after a long meeting with the Federal Government, which lasted into Tuesday night. After meeting with the...
Scientists Discover Wonder Drug That Keeps You Slim No Matter What You Eat
Scientists have moved one step closer to developing a miracle medication that will keep people slim no matter how much they eat. The University of Texas researchers created a medication that boosts the body's metabolism and makes it far more efficient at breaking down sugar and fat. It accomplishes this by preventing magnesium from entering the mitochondria, the component of the...
