Ebola: FG quarantines high-risk contacts, allays fears; patient zero shows signs of recovery
Enugu’s position as a travel and commercial hub, particularly through the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, made heightened surveillance necessary
First Consultant celebrates Ebola survivor baby delivery
LAGOS — It was celebration galore, yesterday, at the premises of First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos as management of the hospital took time out to celebrate the safe delivery of one of its own, Dr. Ada Igonoh, the female doctor who survived the dreaded Ebola virus in Nigeria.
UNTH has performed 108 open heart surgeries so far – CMD
The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, has so far, performed 108 open heart surgeries since the services resumed in 2013 after 10 years of being suspended.
Ebola survivor, Dr. Ada Igonoh delivered of a baby girl
The only female doctor to survive Nigeria’s Ebola outbreak, Dr Ada Igonoh has given birth to a healthy baby girl in the United States of America (USA)
Beyond kidney disease, cost of treatment is bigger killer
KIDNEY disease is a worldwide problem but the magnitude in Nigeria is in a world of its own. The burden of physical, emotional, social and financial complications are in a different class altogether. End Stage Kidney Disease is the worst aspect. The requirement of a kidney transplant often marks the end of the road for quite a large number of Nigerians because the cost of management is prohibitively high.
Fake drug: Gowon, Jega seek support for regulatory agencies
Former Head of State, general Yakubu Gowon and immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, NEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega last week in Lagos urged Nigerian pharmacists to assist regulatory agencies in the war against drug faking, and substandard products in the country.
