Healthcare Training: National Orthopaedic Hospital matriculates 321 new students
By Chioma Obinna The National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, NOHIL, Lagos, last week celebrated a landmark matriculation ceremony, inducting an unprecedented 321 new students into its College of Nursing Science and College of Health Technology. The Acting Medical Director of NOHIL, Dr. Wakeel Lawal, said this significant intake, which is the third of its kind in […]
141 hospital staff investigated for giving free medicals to friends
Some 141 doctors and paramedics at a public hospital in Rome have been charged with fraud for giving free medical tests to friends and family evading regional taxes, police said on Friday. Officers from the Guardia di Finanza, Italy’s tax police, discovered widespread cheating at the Grassi hospital in Ostia, a seaside suburb of the […]
Russian hospital sues Chinese woman for fleeing coronavirus quarantine
A Russian hospital on Friday filed a lawsuit against a woman for escaping her coronavirus quarantine, complaining of being forcibly held and given inedible meals. The head doctor of the Botkin hospital in the northwestern city of Saint Petersburg took the highly unusual action against Alla Ilyina to force her to return and undergo medical […]
Photos: China completes emergency coronavirus hospital in just days
China completed building on Sunday a massive, makeshift hospital in Wuhan that will serve as the frontline in battling the coronavirus epidemic, according to a report. Huoshenshan Hospital was built in less than two weeks to treat patients at the epicenter of the virus that has killed more than 300 people, the BBC reported. ALSO […]
Three deaf persons die in autocrash in Ekiti
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – AdoEkiti Three deaf officials of the Special School for the Blind and Deaf in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti State, yesterday lost their lives during an auto crash. An eyewitness revealed that many occupants of the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries during the fatal accident. It was […]
Recall sack workers or face industrial action, JOHESU tells EKSUTH Management
By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, has threatened to declare industrial action if the management of the hospital failed to reverse the sack of its members. The Union gave the management of the hospital, till January 9, 2020, to reverse its action and meet other union’s […]
