Cross River Mulls Raising Doctors’ Retirement Age To 65 — Gov Otu
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has revealed that his administration is considering increasing the retirement age for medical doctors from 60 to 65 years as part of broader efforts to reform the state’s healthcare sector. Governor Otu made this known on Wednesday while addressing the national leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who were in...
NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Consuming Cough Syrups From Gambia
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups as reported by WHO in September 2022. The four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold...
Health Expert Cautions Women On Use Of Artificial Eyelashes
Dr Ibironke Animashaun, a community health practitioner, Saturday warned women against the use of artificial eyelashes. Animashaun said this while addressing a group of youths called the Estate Youth Parliament during a health talk in Lagos. According to her, the health implications of fixing false eyelashes are corneal abrasions or ulcers, damage of the natural eyelashes, and eye sensitivity, amongst others. She...
Nigeria Did Not Beg Madagascar For Cure, They Gave Us – FG
Federal Government, FG said yesterday it did not beg Madagascar to supply its COVID-19 syrup to Nigeria, explaining that the country donated the elixir which was accepted in the spirit of African brotherhood. ABN TV reports that the FG also announced that it has put in place measures to rethink its National Response to COVID-19, saying emerging developments indicated there...
Using Ogogoro As Hand Sanitiser, Ineffective Against COVID-19 — Experts
Healthcare experts have warned Nigerians using local gin, popularly called ogogoro, like hand sanitiser to desist from it, saying it is ineffective to protect against the infection. The experts said ogogoro has less than 60 per cent alcohol content that is required to kill viruses, unlike alcohol-based hand sanitisers that have such high-level alcoholic content. They warned that using ogogoro as hand sanitiser only...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Rises To 8915
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced that the country has recorded 182 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 8,915. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Thursday night. “On the 28th of May 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No...
Lagos Discharges 9 More COVID-19 Patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced the discharge of nine more COVID-19 patients in the state. The announcement was revealed in a tweet by Sanwo-Olu’s special adviser on new media, Jubril Gawat. According to Jubril, the patients include five females and four males, and one Polish national. https://twitter.com/followlasg/status/1252619933227323392?s=20 This brings the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos to 107. On...
Fears As America Becomes Number One Country To Record 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths In A Day
The US was the first country to report 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day on Wednesday as the death toll soared past 5,000. With more than 216,000 infections across the country, America is now worse affected by COVID-19 than any other country in the world has been. The virus shows no signs of slowing down, despite the entire nation is...
COVID-19: Gov. Matawalle Lockdowns Zamfara
Zamfara State Government has shut down all government offices, Ministries and MDAs across the state. Findings by the nation revealed that Governor Bello Muhammad has been mostly indoors since he came back to the state last Thursday from a foreign trip after staying for a while in Abuja. The Governor attended the inspection of the proposed quarantined coronavirus centre at the...
Traditional Womb ‘Resetting’ Can Cause Recurrent Miscarriage, Uterus Rupture — Gynaecologist
A Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician at the Bridge Clinic Fertility Centre, Dr. Morenikeji Olaniyi, has warned women of childbearing age to stop the practice of having their wombs massaged and ‘reset’ by unskilled Traditional Birth Attendants. The practice can lead to recurrent miscarriage and uterus rupture, Olaniyi said. She warned that the practice is not medically recognised, and that it can...
