Tag: doctors
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COVID-19: Doctors caution Nigerians on easing of lockdown
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has cautioned Nigerians on the partial lifting of lockdown directives by the Federal Government. Dr Lanre Olosunde, the Chairman of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), gave the advice on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin. Olosunde lamented that the partial lifting of…
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Covid-19: ‘I could have died, if not for my doctors’ – El-Rufai
Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasiru El-Rufa’i has again spoken of his traumatic experience while knocked down by coronavirus, saying that he could have died but for his doctors. El-Rufai, who spoke in a Hausa Radio programme on Wednesday, said he went through trauma and battled with debilitating headache while he addressed the state from isolation. The…
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Doctors discover new COVID-19 symptom
Doctors in the U.S., the world’s worst hit country by the coronavirus have found a new symptom for the virus. The symptom lies in the toes or fingers of the afflicted, especially in white people. It is called the Covid toe. The good part is that it appears in both asymptomatic and severe cases. The…
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Three doctors test positive to COVID-19 in Lagos
The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild…
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More doctors to leave Nigeria as COVID-19 crisis gets worse in USA
9 million Nigerians left in last 5 years Number higher than previous years By John Chuks Azu, Destiny Obiakoeze and Ediri Oyibo More doctors are likely to leave Nigeria as Coronavirus (COVID-19) gets worse in the United States of America (USA). This would be in addition to an estimated 9million Nigerians who left the country…
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COVID-19: Doctors embark on indefinite strike in Delta
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State have withdrawn their services indefinitely over alleged harassment by security operatives enforcing lockdown directive. The lockdown order was issued by the state government as a measure to prevent the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus disease otherwise known as…
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EXCLUSIVE: Britain drafts retired doctors, nurses to help combat COVID-19
As the coronavirus scourge bites harder in Britain, retired doctors and nurses have been drafted to help contain the pandemic. Just last week two young health workers had died due to over exposure to covid-19 patients. Two nurses die after contracting coronavirus, and it has emerged that nurses and frontline health workers are being offered…
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Benue varsity hospital sacks 30 doctors amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Amidst fears of Coronavirus disease [COVID-19] pandemic, the management of Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) Makurdi has issued over 30 Residents Doctors sack letters. BSUTH is one of the isolation centres in the state for the management of Covid-19 pandemic. The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) BSUTH Makurdi, in a press statement issued yesterday…
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Coronavirus: US urges doctors, nurses around world to apply for visas
The United States has asked medical professionals seeking to work in America to apply for a work visa at the nearest US Embassy as part of measures to strengthen the health system to contain the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The government in a statement published on www.travel.state.gov on Friday, advised foreign medical professionals already…