Ebola in Nigeria: Fears contacts could test positive mount
What happens when the emergency passes? Do the taps still run? Are protective supplies replenished? Can hospitals still isolate suspected cases safely? And do health workers have the equipment?
LUTH gets new diagnostic, training centres
Medical services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, have received a boost with the commissioning of new sets of Crystal Optics Centre, Stroke Centre; Modular Theatre; Blood Donor Clinic; and the School of Biomedical Engineering training centre.
We are bridging gaps in exclusive breastfeeding, says Toyin Saraki
WIFE of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has declared 2017 as the year to bridge the yawning gap in exclusive breastfeeding by Nigerian mothers through her pet project, Wellbeing Foundation.
Appeal Court upholds PCN’s regulatory powers
The Court of Appeal has again affirmed the regulatory powers of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN.
Sokoto orthopaedic hospital conducts knee transplant
The Sokoto Orthopedic Hospital has successfully conducted total knee transplant on a 50-year old woman. Disclosing this in Wamakko town Monday, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Nuradeen Altine Aliyu said the surgery was to correct severe degenerative disease.
FG plans relocation of Lagos drug markets
The Federal government yesterday said that plans to relocate wholesalers of drugs and medicines from all over Lagos to a central location where their activities can be coordinated has been finalized.
