doctors

Japa: FG to improve welfare of doctors, says Reps committee chair

The Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Health Institutions, Dr Patrick Umoh,…

Tinubu extends doctors, health workers’ retirement age to 65

President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and…

Doctors protest poor conditions at Lokoja teaching hospital

Resident doctors at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja staged a protest on Friday, calling…

Doctors begin nationwide strike over unresolved demands

Medical activities across Nigeria are set to be disrupted as the Medical and Dental…

Health workers to begin seven-day warning strike

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals have announced a…

Japa: Doctors resign every day, Edo NMA chair laments

The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Edo State, Dr. Eustace…

Doctors threaten nationwide strike over abducted colleague

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to go on strike if their…

‘Nigerian Doctor’ urges Makinde to implement healthcare funds, increase salaries

In an open letter addressed to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Nigerian doctors…

Adeleke seeks collaboration with medical professionals to curb quackery

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called upon medical professionals to collaborate with the…

Doctors who reject gunshot victims risk five years jail term

Medical practitioners in Nigeria risk a five-year jail term or a fine of N500,000…

Medical association raises concerns over failing health sector

The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Benjamin Oluwatosin,…

Nigerian medical professors in Saudi receive N6m as salary, FG pays N420,000 – Ex-NMA president

A former President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Mike Ogirima, says a number…

Tribunal suspends 12 doctors, expels three others over ‘gross misconduct’

The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal on Thursday announced that it has suspended…

Doctors urge mothers to practise exclusive breastfeeding

Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre in Jabi, Abuja, Prof. Sa’ad Ahmed, has…

Baby dies after doctors accidentally administer laughing gas instead of oxygen

An inquest is looking into how an infant, John Ghanem, was given a dose…