Tag: healthcare
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Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (1), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon As Nigeria remains largely an onlooker in the search for remedies to combat the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19, the reality of the nation’s healthcare system is brought starkly home by President Muhammadu Buhari jetting out on March 30, 2021, for nearly a three-week medical trip to London. It’d…
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Buhari blames health workers for going abroad to seek medical care
President Muhammadu Buhari has named the unfriendly attitude of health workers across Nigeria as a major reason why prominent Nigerians seek medical care outside the country. The president, who was represented by the Ministry of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the official commissioning of an International Conference Centre and Telemedicine Hall and six…
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TNG INVESTIGATION: Horrible health care delivery system in Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa as mother of 12 bore twins thrice, quadruplates at home
…communities in despair, resort to self-help …abandoned PHC centres now home to reptiles…. By Emmanuel Bagudu Some communities in Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa States have thrown up their hands in despair as a result of unattended health needs in their communities. TNG’s correspondant Emmanuel Bagudu who went on an investigative tour in the three States…
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May Day: Rep Ogbeide-Ihama praises healthcare workers in frontline of COVID-19
As May Day is being commemorated, Rep Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, Member, Representing Oredo Federal Constituency and Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Culture and Tourism has praised healthcare workers in the frontline of the fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Rep Ogbeide-Ihama as saying that while the pandemic has clouded celebrations,…
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Osun won $20m to boost healthcare system – FG
The Federal Government says Osun State Government has won $20 million under the Save One Million Lives Initiative to kick start the improvement of healthcare system. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this while receiving Mr Adeboyega Oyetola, the Osun state Governor, in Abuja. Adewole who said that the $20 million would soon…
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2018 Budget: Why NASS includes additional funding for Primary Healthcare
Senator Lanre Tejuoso, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, has revealed why the National Assembly, included funding for the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the 2018 Appropriations Bill. In a press statement delivered to newsmen in Abuja, Senator Tejuoso stated that: “While the Executive did not include the BHCPF in the 2018 Appropriation Bill submitted…
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I Go Dye builds hospital for community
Nigerian comedian, I Go Dye isn’t just another social critic that comments on national issues, the entertainer has shown his benevolent side by building a healthcare centre in his community of Ovu, Delta State. The showbiz practitioner took to his Instagram page to share the picture of what looks like a high class edifice meant…
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Nigeria assures international partners of commitment to strengthen healthcare
Nigeria has assured its international partners in healthcare that it is committed to strengthening the healthcare system across the country. Consul-General of Nigeria at Atlanta, Mr Kayode Laro, made the pledge at the Nigeria Day to celebrate MedShare 20 years of strengthening healthcare in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MedShare, a…
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Edo Govt partners Cedarcrest Hospital on primary healthcare
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government will partner private healthcare service provider, Cedarcrest Hospital, in driving the state’s Primary Healthcare reforms. Governor Obaseki said this when he received the Medical Director, Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Felix Ogedegbe, at the Government House, Benin City. The governor said the state government…
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Mrs Buhari decries women’s condition, child health in Nigeria
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday decried poor conditions of maternal and child health in Nigeria. Mrs Buhari expressed the concern at the inauguration of the 50-bed capacity Maternal and children clinic built and equipped by the Aisha Buhari Foundation in Daura, Katsina State. She said that the situation became possible…