Tag: Private Hospital
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Former boxer’s corpse seized over unpaid N600,000 hospital bills
A Former Nigerian boxer Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Okorodudu, who passed away on Wednesday, June 28, reportedly had his corpse withheld by a private hospital in Lagos due to unpaid medical bills amounting to over N600,000. Okorodudu, aged 64, had been battling foot ulcer and stroke before his demise. Reports indicate that he struggled to meet the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Tension in NPA as COVID-19 infected top shot mixed carefree with staff, patronised private hospital
There is palpable tension at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in Lagos after a senior staff who had been in contact with other staff members of the agency tested positive for coronavirus [COVID-19], TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) can authoritatively report. According to an insider source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the affected staff in his early…
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Coronavirus: Ikpeazu orders shut down of private hospital
Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday announced the indefinite closure of the private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention before their referral to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia. Ikpeazu told reporters in Umuahia, the state capital that all the medical staffers and…
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JUST IN: Lagos private hospital shuts down operations after two staff test positive for COVID-19
A private hospital in Lagos, Vedic Lifecare hospital, has temporarily shut down its operations after two of its staff and an in-patient tested positive for coronavirus. “Approximately 10 days ago, we had an in-patient who later tested positive for COVID 19 after discharge,” the hospital, located in Lekki, said in a statement on Monday. “As…