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The Lagos state teaching hospital and House of rep committee on health has cried out over the alarming rate of shortage of health workers currently plaguing the teaching hospital. The committee revealed that over five wards within nothing less than 150 beds have been closed at the hospital due to little or no workers. The…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised alarm over the circulation of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection currently making rounds in the country. The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, notified the public of this recent development in a public alert signed No.036/2023, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Adeyeye clarified that the…
Jasmine, adopted daughter of ailing actor, Mr. Ibu has reacted to the sowering allegations levelled against her by Stella Maris, wife of the actor. Recall that Ekweanaedo  reported that Stella Maris had called out Jasmine for restricting her from having access to donations made by kind hearted Nigerians to her ailing husband. She also alleged…
The first video of a sick Nollywood actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu after his amputation has emerged. The video of the ailing actor was released by his adopted daughter, Jasmine. In a caption that followed the video, Jasmine vowed to remain silent until the actor recovers from his illness. The caption reads:…
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector. The declaration was made as stakeholders across the sector converge in Ekiti State for the 64th National Council on Health where issues around the health sector were discussed. The opening ceremony on Thursday was an avenue to set the tone around the…
The Enugu State Government has introduced Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination into routine immunisation in Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state. The Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), Dr Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, told newsmen in Enugu that the introduction of routine immunisation followed the successful conclusion of a comprehensive…
A medical Practitioner has called for an improvement in the country’s health sector. Speaking at an event Wednesday, Olayemi Dawodu said as healthcare transcends boundaries and communities, the onus lies on healthcare practitioners to incorporate best practices in keeping with current global standards. She added that while quality of health may be impacted by social…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, has hinted on the need to declare a state of emergency on malaria given the spate of the bacterial disease across the country. To this end, the House called on the Federal Government to subsidise malaria drugs if it cannot make them free at all government-owned health centres for…
A 58-year-old man with terminal heart disease who received the world’s second genetically-modified pig heart transplant has died nearly six weeks after the procedure, the medical center that carried out the surgery said. Lawrence Faucette received the organ on September 20 and passed away on October 30, the University of Maryland Medical Center said in…
A breakthrough genetic therapy that can potentially cure sickle cell disease is poised for approval by the FDA in December. The treatment, called exa-cel, received a positive critique of its safety from an important FDA advisory panel during a 7-hour meeting on Tuesday. Exa-cel is a gene-editing treatment that changes the body’s process for making…
