Tag: doctors
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Detectives unearth how Doctor killed, buried two women inside his office
Detectives in Kwara have found the corpse of a woman buried in the office of the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital, Dr Abbass Adeyemi. The corpse of the woman simply identified as Nofisat Halidu was found in a shallow grave in the hospital in the presence of her husband, according to the…
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Stay back in Nigeria and help us – FG begs doctors, nurses
The Minister of State for Health, Hon. Joseph Ekumankama, on Monday, reiterated the effort of the Federal Government to address the brain drain in the country. Ekumankama call on the doctors and nurses to remain in the country to fight current issue affecting the health sector.
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We knew Yinka was going to die as doctors told us he had just six months to live– Obey
…says when the news broken to me it was painful Mourning veteran and well-respected juju musician, Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, has said that despite the efforts he made to help his late son, Olayinka, to ‘fight his weaknesses’, he did not succeed. TheNewsGuru.com, (tngy) recalls that Olayinka, 48, was said to have passed away on Friday,…
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Brain drain: Doctors seek FG’s intervention or face nationwide strike
…issues two-week strike notice Disturbed by the brain drain in the health sector, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement the new National Minimum Wage, hazard allowance and other approved funds for its members. NARD said the alleged Federal Government’s failure to comply with…
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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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Doctors give update on VP Osinbajo after leg surgery
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is making good and steady progress, doctors in charge of the vice president’s care at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, say. Osinbajo had on July 16, had a successful surgery on his thigh bone at Duchess International Hospital. The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey, who gave…
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MDCAN decries mass migration of medical, dental consultants to developed countries
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) on Sunday decried that over 100 consultants left 17 Nigerian health institutions for developed countries. MDCAN said the mass migration has caused significant disruptions to the Nigerian healthcare ecosystem. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the National President of the association, Dr Victor Makanjuola, who read the…
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Guild calls for publication of health sector fund beneficiaries
The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to publish a list of beneficiaries that benefited from its N100 billion Health Sector Intervention Fund (HSIF). The National President, Dr Raymond Kuti, made the call in an interview with the Newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. Newsmen reports that the guild…
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FG begs newly-inducted doctors not to partake in strikes
FG begs newly-inducted doctors not to partake in strikes
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FG increases doctors’ hazard allowance from N5,000 to N40,000
The Federal Government has