Tag: CMD
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Nigerian Hospital to start kidney transplant in 2025 – CMD
The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching University (ABUTH) Zaria is set to commence kidney transplant surgeries in 2025 towards bringing relief to patients with kidney failure and reversing medical tourism. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Ahmed Umdagas, made this known in an interview on Sunday in Zaria. Mr Umdagas said the Urology Centre of…
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Buhari reconstitutes Governing Councils of NISER and CMD
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and the Centre for Management Development (CMD). The announcement of the presidential approval was contained in a press release issued by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Mrs…
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CMD urges anguished relatives of patients to stop attacking doctors
Prof. Obinna Onodugo, Chief Medical Director of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, has urged patients’ relatives to stop harassing and visiting violence on doctors. He spoke with newsmen in Enugu on Friday on the side-line of the 46th General and Scientific Meeting of the Nigerian chapter of the West African College of Physicians.…
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South East professionals protest against appointment of CMD
South East Professionals in the All People’s Congress (APC) have protested against the continued appointment of Chief Medical Directors (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi from Anambra State. The South East professionals argue that the continued appointment of the hospital’s CMD from Anambra negates the spirit and principle of federal character. This is…
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Buhari approves appointment of new RMAFC, CMD chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Shehu as Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). He also approved the appointment of Bitrus Chinoko as the Director-General of the Centre for Management Development (CMD), Lagos. The President’s approvals for both appointments were contained in a statement issued last night by…
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JUST IN: Kidnapped Edo CMD regains freedom
The kidnapped Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Dr Sylvanus Okogbenin, has been released. Mr Danmallam Mohammed, the Edo State Commissioner of Police who confirmed the release said the CMD was released unharmed. More details later…
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Buhari renews appointment of OAUTH CMD, appoints new one for UniUyoTH
President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointment of Victor Adetiloye as the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to a press statement by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, this renewal makes it the second and final term for Mr Adetiloye, a professor of radiology, as the institution’s…
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50% of Nigerian women are living with breast cancer – CMD
Dr Jide Owolana, the Chief Medical Director, Living Standard Hospital, Benin, says about 50 per cent of Nigerian women are living with unknown breast cancer. Jide made this revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Benin. He listed swelling of all or parts of a breast, skin irritation…
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Nobody died of strange disease in LUTH – CMD
The Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Prof. Chris Bode, said on Wednesday that nobody died of any “strange disease” linked to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in the hospital. Bode spoke on the reported death of 13 people in the hospital as a result of HPV. He said no doctor made such…