The machine that can restart a heart
By Folashade Ajayi, Co-Founder, CareStrong For many people, an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, looks intimidating. It is often portrayed in films as a sophisticated medical device operated by doctors in emergency rooms while alarms sound in the background. The reality is very different. An AED was designed for ordinary people.To understand why it matters, […]
Save Nigerians from cancer, Dolapo Osinbajo tasks doctors
The Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo has tasked Nigerian medical practitioners to help raid the country of cancer.
PSN seeks more funding for NIPRID
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has called on the Federal Government to pay more attention to the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD, to enable it operate optimally and meet the healthcare needs of Nigerians.
Ambode raises concerns over workers’ health
Apparently concerned by Lagos state civil servants health status, the governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ordered that workers and public officeholders undergo health training, to equip them with new strategies on ailments prevention especially at work.
Ibeju-Lekki gets Mother-Child Unit through private sector effort
Mothers of child bearing age residing in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos can now access quality healthcare following the official hand over of an ultramodern Mother-Child unit built and donated to the Lagos State government by Prince Ebeano Supermarket.
Services have improved at LUTH, but new facilities are required — Chris Bode
The Management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospitals, LUTH, weekend, rewarded dozens of its workers, remarking that services at the Federal tertiary hospital have improved significantly with more patients including Very Important Persons, VIPs accessing care at the hospital.
