LASUTH doctors begin indefinite strike over unpaid allowances
… Demand 25 months’ professional allowance arrears, othersBy Chioma Obinna Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, have declared an indefinite strike over unpaid specialist allowance, salary and advancement arrears, as well as 25 months’ arrears of the revised Professional Allowance Table, PAT.The industrial action, declared by the Association of Resident Doctors, […]
Sexual activity of youths in Lagos communities worrisome — AHI
The high rate of risky sexual behaviour and practices among youths in Ilaje and Iwaya suburb of Lagos state, has been described as worrisome even as the lack of adolescent youth friendly health services in the area is contributing to unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and Sexually Transmitted Infections among others.
Mbaise USA takes free health to rural communities
Scores of the sick in Aboh, Ahiazu and Ezinihitte local council areas of Imo State, have benefited from free healthcare courtesy of Mbaise USA Medical Mission.
Ashiru, IVF pioneer bags Discovery In Science award
PIONEER of the IVF fertility treatment programme in Nigeria, Professor Oladapo Ashiru (OFR) was recently awarded the African child prize award for Discovery in Science and Innovation.
Nigeria to witness more malaria cases as mosquitoes develop resistance
THE Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, has raised alarm over the increasing incidence of mosquito resistance to Long Lasting Insecticide Nets, LLINs, in 18 states of the federation, even as over 50 million Nigerians still test positive to malaria annually.
Drinking water exposed to sunlight is dangerous to health
RESEARCH by microbiologists has shown that water packaged in plastic or sachet may not be bad for health. What they say is bad, however, is that plastic or sachet reacts to sunlight and thus generates chemicals which are harmful to the body.
