Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh
…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, […]
NIMR inaugurates National Cancer Research network
Following the rise in the incidence of cancers in Nigeria,which is estimated at 350,000 new cases annually, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has inaugurated a National Cancer Research Network (CRN) to streamline and coordinate all research efforts in the area of cancers as well as ensure that research findings influence national policy, processes and procedures on the prevention, treatment and control of common cancers in Nigeria.
Puzzle over corpse of infant dumped at LUTH/CMUL
WHO dumped the corpse of afemale infant on the premises of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital/College of Medicine, University of Lagos?
‘Hospital infection’ scare makes the rounds in Lagos
THERE are rising concerns within medical circles of a probable epidemic in the local hospital community, of one of the most dreaded hospital-acquired contagions called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, (MRSA).
55-year-old pensioner abandoned at LUTH, cries for help
Akpan Ini Udofia is a man with many problems. The 55-year-old former staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is currently languishing in Ward E5 of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Lagos.
NAFDAC introduces anti-impersonation badges
TO kick off its monitoring and regulatory activities for 2011, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has introduced anti-impersonation security badges for senior grade officials of the Agency.
