Tag: doctor
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Health expert raises concern over surge in anal s3x in northern Nigeria
Dr Zainab Suleiman, a prominent health expert, has raised concerns about the risks associated with anal sex, particularly in Northern Nigeria. In a recent Facebook post, she likened the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the region to a “new refinery”, suggesting a growing issue that needs attention. Dr Suleiman plans to elaborate on the health…
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Breakthrough! Gene therapy delivers alternative sickle cell cure in US
21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anaemia using the innovative Lyfgenia gene therapy. This pioneering treatment, administered at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, offers a beacon of hope for countless individuals battling this debilitating disease, Forbes reports on Sunday. Sickle…
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INSECURITY! Terrorists storm Katsina govt hospital, shoot popular doctor, abduct 5
Bandits, on Tuesday night attacked a General Hospital in Kankara town, Kankara local government area of Katsina State. It was reported that the terrorists shot a medical doctor on duty during the attack, Dr. Murtala Sale Dandashire and kidnapped no fewer than five people at the hospital. This was stated by Bakatsine, while sharing the…
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JOHESU condemns prolonged abduction of doctor
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (JOHESU/AHPA) has denounced the prolonged kidnapping of Dr Ganiyat Popoola, a Registrar at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna. In a statement signed by National Chairman Kabir Minjibir and National Secretary Martin Egbanubi,
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Biden’s doctor dismisses White House neurologist visit concerns
U.S. President, Joe Biden’s personal physician on Tuesday stated that the president had not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical examination. This was as a result of the U.S. media reports about a Parkinson’s specialist visiting the White House multiple times.
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Drama as Aro psychiatric patients bite doctor, nurses during protest over ‘poor treatment’
Confusion at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when patients in the hospital protested what they described as the ‘poor treatments’ they are subjected to by management of the facility. It was gathered that a psychiatric doctor, whose identity is yet-to-be ascertained, and three nurses escaped being killed by the protesting patients.…
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Benue Assembly urges prosecution of doctor who caused woman’s death
Benue House of Assembly, has called on the state’s Ministry of Health to sanction Dr Michael Ijiko, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Foundation Hospital, Makurdi, for allegedly causing the death of a woman. Mrs Hembadoon Agashua, was alleged to have died at the hospital under suspicious circumstances.
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Medical doctor shares side-effect caused by not washing manhood every day
But it’s something many people don’t discuss and if they don’t know how to do it properly there could be horrifying consequences. That’s why one doctor, from Herefordshire, has issued a warning to blokes about what could happen if they aren’t taking care of their intimate hygiene. Doctor Sooj warned that if blokes don’t clean…
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Japa: How 16000 medical doctors abandoned Nigeria in five years – Minister laments
The Federal Government has disclosed that the phenomenon of brain drain, often referred to as ‘Japa Syndrome’, has deprived Nigeria of its top talent in the health sector, with no fewer than 16,000 doctors leaving the country in search of better opportunities abroad. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, disclosed…
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Nigerians cry out over quackery in Health Sector
…it’s a major cause of disabilities, PWDs lament Federal and state governments and regulatory agencies have been tasked to adopt more stringent measures to curb medical quackery bedevilling Nigeria’s health sector. The President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr. Casimir Ifeanyi, led the call for the Federal Ministry of Health…