Tag: nurses
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Two morgue attendants, five nurses test positive for COVID-19 in Delta
Five nurses and two mortuary attendants have tested positive for COVID-19 in Delta state, Sapele council boss, Eugene Inoaghan, has said. According to Inoaghan the five nurses are workers at a private clinic in Ugbeyiyi area in Sapele sealed two weeks earlier by the Delta State Ministry of Health monitoring team. According to reports the…
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COVID-19: Four doctors, 18 nurses, others test positive in Bauchi, Kano
Four doctors and 18 nurses on Wednesday tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The doctors and six other health workers tested positive in Bauchi State and the nurses in Niger State. Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, who gave a situation update on the pandemic, confirmed the…
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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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COVID-19:Plateau Nurses, Midwives threaten strike over protection equipment
Nurses and Midwives in Plateau on Saturday threatened to withdraw their services from the fight against the spread of COVID-19 due to the alleged non-provision of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) by the State Government. The health personnel under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Plateau Council, made the threat at…
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Doctors, 128 nurses absent as Borno Gov, Zulum pays unscheduled visits to hospitals at night
There is serious panic and anxiety among doctors on the employs of Borno State Government following the late night visit of Gov. Babagana Zulum on Monday to hospitals within Maiduguri metropolis. Many of them, especially those on duty call who couldn’t respond to the governor’s anonymous distress calls, are particularly bothered over the fate that…
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‘90% of Nigerian nurses lack basic life support skills’
Inspire Nurses Network Africa, an NGO, on Sunday in Abuja said 90 per cent of Nigerian Nurses lacked basic life support skills on emergency care. Josiah Okesola, Leader of the group, disclosed this while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum. Okesola, who was accompanied by Mrs Regina Askia-Williams, emphasised that every nurse…
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Africa needs services of 11m doctors, nurses, teachers to avert impending ‘disaster’- UN
Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate, the UN said on Thursday. It said the 11 million were needed to help the continent cope with a booming population, with the number of children set to increase by 170…
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Nurses, midwives, other health workers commence national indefinite strike today
Barely a few days after the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, suspended their over three weeks old strike, the major unions of health workers have also announced the commencement of their nationwide strike on Wednesday (today). The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU, and the National Association of Nigeria…
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66 nurses bow out from Ogun State service
No fewer than 66 nurses on Tuesday retired from the Ogun State service, with a big gap created in the ministry. Speaking at the retirement service, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, the Commissioner for Health, described nurses as the “engine room of the health sector’’. According to him, their caregiving role, which gives speedy healing power to…