Cardiac expert has raised alarm over the increasing incidences of hypertension among Nigerians saying that 30 out of every 100 adult Nigerians are hypertensive. A renowned cardiologist and President of the Cardiac Society of Nigeria, Dr. Amam Mbakwem in chat said over 30 million adult Nigerians are living with disease and handful of others yet to know their status. Mbakwem who advocated the need for Nigerians to adopt the culture of home monitoring of their blood pressures as part of efforts towards preventing complications arising from the killer disease warned that in most patient hypertension does not give signs or symptoms.

Towards addressing the country’s chaotic drug distribution system that is often characterised by circulation of fake and counterfeit medicines, Ultra Logistics Company Limited, ULCO, a private sector initiative, opens today in Lagos to begin operation as a mega drug distribution centre under the watch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN.

AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the HIV Vaccine Awareness Day today, an Associate Professor of Paediatric Dentistry and Consultant at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, Dr. Morenike Ukpong, has called for all hands to be on deck to ensure that all available HIV prevention methods reach people who need them.

EVEN as she was being unveiled as the Face of Childhood Cancer in Nigeria, popular artiste, Kenny Saint Brown, said she was shocked to learn that children also have cancer.

ENUGU—The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, has placed a male nurse on three months suspension for allegedly injecting a patient with unprescribed drugs. The nurse, identified as Alozie Ejimadu, allegedly carried out the act during the March 28 presidential election. Similarly, two other members of staff of the hospital, Ozurumba Anthony and Ihezue Ejike, were equally interdicted for different alleged offences.