Tag: Hospital

BREAKING: Ex-Minister slumps, rushed to hospital after being sacked by Buhari

Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Wednesday slumped and was rushed to the hospital after being sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The 63-year-old former minister reportedly slumped upon hearing that President Buhari had relieved him of his duties as power minister.

He is now receiving treatment in a nearby hospital, a family source said.

“He collapsed yesterday and was immediately hospitalised.

“He wasn’t expecting to be fired so soon,” a source said.

TNG reports Mamman was sworn in as power minister on 21 August 2019.

On September 1 2021, he was sacked by Buhari and replaced by Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu.

September 2, 2021
Pope Francis discharged from hospital after successful colon surgery

Pope Francis was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon.

Associated Press journalists saw a car carrying Francis, 84, leaving Rome’s Gemelli Polytechnic hospital Wednesday morning. He was sitting in the front passenger seat.

Francis had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013. It was a planned procedure, scheduled for early July when the pope’s audiences are suspended anyway and Francis would normally take some time off.

Francis will have several more weeks to recover before beginning to travel again in September. There are plans for him to visit Hungary and Slovakia in a Sept. 12-15 trip, and then make a quick stop in Glasgow, Scotland, in November to participate in the COP26 climate conference. Other possible trips are also under review.

The Vatican had originally said Francis could be discharged last weekend, but later said he would stay a few days extra for further recovery and rehabilitation therapy.

The pope appeared for the first time in public since the surgery on Sunday, looking in good form as he delivered his weekly prayer from the 10th floor hospital balcony, surrounded by young cancer patients. He used the occasion to call for free health care for all.

On Tuesday afternoon, the eve of his release, he visited the pediatric cancer ward, which is located on the same floor as the papal hospital suite.

The Argentine pope had part of one lung removed when he was a young man but has otherwise enjoyed relatively robust health.

July 14, 2021
Insurgency: COAS visits wounded troops in hospital

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has visited wounded troops recuperating in University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

A statement on Saturday in Maiduguri by Col. Ado Isa, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, 7 Division/Joint Task Force (Northeast), Operation Hadin Kai, said the COAS was in Maiduguri on a four-day visit to assess the operational and welfare state of troops engaged in the fight against insurgency.

“During his visit to the hospital, he assured troops of adequate medicare and support in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations.

“While at the hospital, the COAS took time to interact with the soldiers and assured them of proper medical care and welfare, adding that their medical care is of utmost importance to him.

“He averred that the nation is indeed proud of their selfless service and sacrifices towards restoring peace to the North East region.

“Similarly, the COAS visited the Mechanical Repair Group to inspect the ongoing repairs and refurbishment of vehicles at the workshop through the use of local resources.

“He commended the resilience and ingenuity of the engineers and technicians in fixing most of the vehicles that were hitherto classified as ‘beyond local repairs’,” Isa said.

He also said that the COAS had earlier been briefed by the new Theatre Commander Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, on the operational situation in the theatre where he was assured that all efforts would be geared towards bringing the war against terrorism to a decisive end.

“The COAS appreciated the commitment and selflessness of the troops in the Theatre and implored them to exhibit a high level of professionalism and ensure that all remnants of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists are neutralised,” Isa said.

June 19, 2021
Ekiti monarch shot by gunmen lands in hospital

The traditional ruler of Ewu Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Adetutu Ajayi has been hospitalised after he was shot by gunmen.

TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the monarch was shot Friday evening while in transit to a neighbouring town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state.

Locals said the gunmen rained gunshots on the official car of the monarch but he escaped death but has since been hospitalised.

The attack on the monarch comes barely 24 hours after gunmen invaded a petrol station at Isan Ekiti in the same local government area and abducted the manager of the station, Itakorodo Adebayo, after sporadic gunshots.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the State Sunday Abutu who confirmed the attack assured that the police and other security outfits in the state are determined to rid the state of criminal elements.

Abutu said the monarch is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital as the police command has swung into action to unravel those behind the criminal act and bring them to book.

“Despite the rigorous joint patrol, raiding of blackspots and combing of bushes/forests comprising the Amotekun Corps, vigilante groups, local hunters, chiefs, drivers union, motorcycle riders, farmers and other stakeholders carried out simultaneously on Friday across the 16 local governments areas of the state, some unknown gunmen mischievously defiled the operation, came out and attacked the Elewu of Ewu Ekiti, Oba Ajayi while he was on transit between Ewu Ekiti and Ayetoro Ekiti at about 1900 hours.

“The operation was aimed at dislodging and apprehending the miscreants in their hideouts as directed by the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo.

“The Commissioner of Police, while assuring the general public that the perpetrators will be brought to book, has pledged that the Police Command shall continue to work with relevant security outfits, ministries, stakeholders, and organizations to ensure that criminality is brought to zero across the state.

“The spirit of officers of the Command and other supporting agencies and groups still remain high as the operation still continues indefinitely to stamp out the bandits,” Abutu said.

April 10, 2021
Police commissioner shot during Edo cult war dies in hospital, as death toll hits 28

The death toll from the rival cult war that caused pandemonium in Benin and its environs in Edo State on Friday has risen from 18 to 28.

Among the 10 new casualties was the Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld), who was shot during the exchange of gunfire between the rival cult groups.

According to reports, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) died on Saturday at the intensive care unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).

Two other policemen, both Inspectors, who were shot along with the ACP were still receiving treatment at UBTH. But hospital sources said they were on danger list.

The three policemen were said to have run into an ambush mounted by Aiye and Vikings cult groups while on a rescue mission in Upper Sokponba and Murtala Mohammed Way axes of Benin.

A senior police officer in the Edo Police Command confirmed the death of the ACP.

The casualties of the cult war were said to have included innocent residents who were going about their normal business.

Yesterday, a medical practitioner, Dr. Maxwell Orosanye, who was attached to the Edo State Government-owned Central Hospital, Benin, was shot by gunmen suspected to be cultists.

He was still receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Edo at press time.

Orosanye was shot near Mobil filling station on Siluko Road, Benin, while his Toyota Corolla saloon car was snatched at gunpoint.

Visits made to the hotspots of the cult war in Benin, especially Upper Sokponba, Siluko, Ibivwe, Uselu, Isihor, Iguosa and Ugbowo which hosts the Federal Government-owned University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday evening revealed that the residents were living in fear.

They mostly remained indoors for fear that they could be hit by stray bullets.

Many of the cult members were said to have embarked on house to house search for their rivals without any challenge, in spite of the heavy deployment of soldiers in Benin and its environs.

Etinosa Osifo, father of one of the killed youths, said in an interview that two boys came to his house on Friday and invited his son for a brief discussion only to shoot him at close range and vanish from the scene.

Many of the cultists were still openly brandishing AK-47 rifles, machetes, battle axes, broken bottles, clubs and other dangerous weapons in broad daylight, shooting sporadically throughout the night and heightening tension in Benin and its environs.

Speaking on Saturday, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, said that officers and men of the command were working within existing limitations to restore normalcy to the state.

He assured that all the criminals would soon be arrested and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.

Kokumo said: “Just imagine what it means that three police stations along Sokponba Road, Benin were destroyed and burnt, patrol vehicles were destroyed in many other parts of Edo State.

“All the officers and men in the burnt police stations now operate from the state police headquarters (in Government Reservation Area, GRA, Benin).

“The peaceful #EndSARS protests were hijacked by hoodlums. The protests took a violent turn in Edo State with inmates of the two correctional centres in Benin City set free. So, what do you expect?”

November 15, 2020
Diego Maradona to remain in hospital

Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, is to remain for at least one more day in hospital as he suffers from anemia and mild dehydration, his doctor said on Tuesday.

“He’s doing better but we think he should stay for another day,’’ Dr Leibarzt Leopoldo Luque told television station TyC Sports.

On Monday, the 1986 World Cup winner was admitted to the Ipensa hospital in La Plata, three days after his 60th birthday.

“It was emotional, a slightly difficult week for him,’’ Luque said.

“He was under big pressure. That hurt him mentally.’’

Maradona was assisted by two helpers when he appeared at Friday’s match of Gimnasia y Esgrima, the team he coaches, to receive birthday wishes and presents.

November 3, 2020
Maradona taken to hospital

Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital in Argentina although his condition was not thought to be serious, local media reported on Monday.

The 60-year-old Maradona was reportedly taken to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata, about an hour from Buenos Aires.

Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, coaches the local club Gimnasia y Esgrima.

He was admitted to hospital to undergo tests as he had been feeling poorly for some time and would be held under observation for “several days.”

The Ole.com.ar sports web site, one of Argentina’s biggest, said it was not an emergency and was not related to COVID-19 as he had tested negative in recent days.

Maradona last appeared in public on his 60th birthday last Friday before his side’s league match against Patronato.

He was gifted a plaque and a cake to celebrate the occasion but he did not stay to watch the game and witnesses said he looked unwell and weak.

The former Napoli, FC Barcelona and Boca Juniors player has suffered frequent periods in hospital over the years, often due to the extravagant lifestyle which accompanied and followed his playing career.

The former Napoli striker was also admitted to hospital in January 2019 with internal bleeding in the stomach.

He also fell ill at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he was filmed passing out in an executive box during the Argentina versus Nigeria game.

Maradona was taken into hospital in 2004 with severe heart and respiratory problems linked to cocaine use.

He later underwent drug rehabilitation in Cuba and Argentina before a stomach-stapling operation in 2005 helped him lose weight.

In 2007 he checked himself into a clinic in Buenos Aires to help him overcome alcohol abuse problems.

November 3, 2020
Covid-19: Donald Trump speaks from hospital, says he’ll be back soon [Video]

US President Donald Trump, convalescing at Walter Reed Hospital has spoken again. He said he will be back soon.

In the video posted on his Twitter account, he thanked the medical personnel at Walter Reed and in his hyperbolic way of speaking , he called them the finest in the world.

He also thanked Americans, world leaders and politicians in the US, across the divide, who have expressed some sympathy for him.

He said he feels much better now as the doctors are working hard to get him back to ‘make America great”.

Watch the video:

October 4, 2020
Bayo Osinowo didn’t step in, nor die in our hospital – Popular Lagos based heathcare
A popular Lagos based health care provider, First Cardiology Consultants (FCC) has denied that the late Lagos East Senator, Bayo Osinowo who allegedly died of COVID-19 complications visited the hospital.

The FCC management in a statement said it was becoming a popular trend for people to ascribe COVID-19 deaths of VIPs to the hospital.

Read full statement below:

DISCLAIMER ON DEATHS FROM FIRST CARDIOLOGY CONSULTANTS HOSPITAL
- It has become fashionable for some unscrupulous reporters, news media and bloggers to ascribe the location of the deaths of any VIP who had COVID-19 to our hospital
- Ordinarily, hospitals should not have to brag about how many critically ill lives they save, just as death from critical illness may be due to the severity of the disease itself regardless of the skills and technology deployed to manage it
- We wish to go on record that Senator Bayo Osinowo who unfortunately died yesterday, who on social media was claimed to have died at our hospital never stepped into our hospital and has no records here at First Cardiology Consultants Hospital
- Our hospital is the first hospital to be certified for High Intensity Critical care (Level 3) for COVID patients. We are actually the final referral centre for the sickest patients who cannot be managed anywhere else
- Our centre has the most advanced critical care services in Nigeria. We have admitted 28 severely ill people with severe respiratory distress from COVID-19, and only 5 of these have died (82% survival). These results are superior to the results from the United Kingdom where they have 60% survival for patients hospitalized in the Intensive care unit,
- Some of the resources we have and have deployed here are only available in 5 regional centres in the United Kingdom
- We had anticipated the spread of this disease to Nigeria way back in January and made significant structural and operational changes to our hospital such that we could provide critical COVID-care to patients, and still deliver in a safe environment, advanced non-COVID medical care comparable to those obtainable at elite medical centres abroad, to patients who hitherto depended on us for their advanced cardiac and medical care
June 16, 2020
Seyi Law laments as aunty dies over lack of equipment in hospital [Video]

Nigerian comedian and actor, Lawrence Oluwaseyitan Aletile also known as Seyi Law is presently mourning following the demise of his aunty who passed on after being involved in an accident that fractured her leg.

In a video shared via his Instagram page on Monday, June 15, 2020, the comedian shed tears as he narrated how his mother’s sister died after sustaining injuries from a failed portion of a road in Ondo state.

He went on to reveal that the hospital where she was rushed to couldn’t help because of the inaccessibility of the necessary equipment to save her life.

“This morning, my mum’s younger sister had an accident and they didn’t have the right equipment to take care of her at Igbokoda general hospital and in just a few minutes she has been pronounced dead just because she fractured her leg in the hospital. Please let’s do the right thing,” he said.

Seyi Law also urged the governor of Ondo state, Barr. Rotimi Akeredolu to come to the aid of the people of Ilaje and take responsibility for their well-being.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBc5ZqaFq3A/

June 15, 2020