health

JUST IN: Sanwo-Olu owes us three-month special COVID-19 allowances — frontline isolation workers

Over 70 volunteer frontline healthcare givers comprising doctors and nurses working at the Lagos…

Arepo Health Centre to be ready in three months, Abiodun reassures

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has reassured residents of Arepo that the proposed…

JUST IN: Suspended strike to resume in four weeks, NARD president warns

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday night disclosed that the 10-day old…

JUST IN: Resident doctors call off strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its strike, which commenced on April…

Why Lagos COVID-19 frontline workers are being redeployed – Commissioner

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, on Thursday justified the decommissioning and…

National Hospital discharges last patient as COVID-19 cases drop in Abuja

There is a noticeable decline in COVID-19 cases sweeping across the country especially in…

COVID-19: Lagos relaxes restrictions on social gathering

The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Uzamat Akinbile Yusuff, on Friday,…

NARD to exclude doctors managing COVID-19 patients from ongoing strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors says some of its members currently working in…

JUST IN: Lagos shuts all isolation centres, Five COVID-19 patients left in Mainland Hospital

The Lagos State Government has reportedly closed down its 554-bed isolation centres following the…

UBTH surgeon banned for life after tragic amputation of patient

The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has struck out the name of Prof.…

Hold striking doctors responsible for any patient’s death, Senate tells Nigerians

The Senate Committee on Health has urged Nigerians to hold resident doctors responsible for…

FG, doctors meet today as strike enters Day 8

The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors will on Friday (today)…

Gunmen kidnap Imeko General Hospital head, nurse in Ogun

Unknown gunmen have allegedly kidnapped a medical doctor, Oladunni Odetola, and a nurse, identified…

Minister unaware doctors are paid N5,000 hazard allowance

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says he was unaware resident doctors are…

UCH welcomes first IVF triplets

The University College Hospital in Ibadan has taken delivery of its first triplets, which…