The emission of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere has no doubt created a negative impact on the environment. But the issue is beyond the environment, the health of humans is also gravely affected. Kerosene stoves, generators, gas flaring among others, are major components of the average Nigerian. This is sad because according to a recent research, about one thousand Nigerians die as every year as a result of inhaling of toxic smoke.

AWKA — FOLLOWING the release of the fact sheet of Service Delivery Indicators, SDI, survey for 2013 in Anambra State, which exposed the problems in the health sector, stakeholders from the health departments in al the 21 local government areas of the state brainstormed in Awka to suggest ways of improving the situation.

A couple of recent deaths has necessitated this reminder about acute onset pain in the chest. Both were young men, fit , agile and seemingly in good health. Perhaps because of a false sense of youthful security, both men had missed regular physical checkups. The first started complaining of pain in left side of the chest mid morning. He took ordinary analgesics and rested. The pain went away but returned late afternoon, this time in the chest and lower back. He decided he would visit his Doctor…..tomorrow. Sadly tomorrow never came.

As Nigeria commemorates this year’s Children’s Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said that Nigerian children living in the northern part of the country bear the highest burden of violence even as it expressed concern that the increasing use of children as suicide bombers could lead to children being perceived as potential threats in the future.

Pandemonium broke out in the early hours of Sunday, as medical students of the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, CMUL/LUTH, went on rampage to protest the recurrent incidences of robbery attacks and other malicious attacks on the premises.