Tag: Hospitals
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COVID-19 or not, stop rejecting patients, PTF warns hospitals
The Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Friday said that Nigerians must learn to live with the Covid-19 pandemic for at least one year. Speaking at the media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 in Abuja, Ihekweazu said it is a reality our hospitals must live…
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COVID-19: Its foolishness to shut churches and open markets, hospitals where people die everyday – Oyedepo tells FG, States
Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has chided the Federal and State Governments for opening markets and continue to lock up churches in the country. Oyedepo, in his sermon, said the churches should be opened, wondering why government took such a foolish decision. He said there was something wrong for government to…
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Lagos disowns trending ‘list of hospitals exposed to COVID-19’
The Lagos State Government has urged members of the public to disregard a list making the round on social media of hospitals and health facilities purportedly exposed to COVID19 cases in the State. Executive Secretary, State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr. Abiola Idowu who disowned the list which was said to have…
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90% deaths in Nigerian hospitals caused by health workers’ attitude — Medical expert
Over 90 per cent of deaths recorded in Nigerian hospitals are due to poor attitude of health workers. Thomas Agan, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), said this during an interaction with journalists on Tuesday in Calabar. He said some health workers were not taking the lives of patients seriously,…
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Manhunt underway for hackers behind global WannaCry Ransomware cyberattack
International investigators hunted Saturday for those behind an unprecedented cyber-attack that affected systems in dozens of countries, including at banks, hospitals and government agencies, as security experts sought to contain the fallout. The assault, which began Friday and was being described as the biggest-ever cyber ransom attack, struck state agencies and major companies around the…
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Kwara Govt. to spend N450m on solar power in Hospitals
The Kwara Government has released N450 million for the provision of solar power in all state-owned General Hospitals across the three senatorial districts. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Atolagbe Alege disclosed this in llorin on Tuesday during an interview. The Commissioner said this was part of the effort to enhance health care service delivery…
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Wike flags off N500million Private Hospitals Loan Scheme
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, in order to ensure that more residents of his State have access to quality healthcare, has on Wednesday flagged off the Private Hospitals Loan Scheme. According to information emanating from the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, the first batch of…