Category: Health
Medical breakthrough: US surgeons transplant pig kidney into human
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has announced the world’s first successful transplant of a “genetically-edited” pig kidney into a 62-year-old man...
Police Docked 2 For Allegedly Cutting Off Dead Body’s Head
Two men, Salami Abdullahi, 35, and Adebisi Aliu, 30, were, on Thursday, arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cutting off a dead...
Lassa Fever Rages: NCDC Registers 20 Deaths in 16 States
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has registered new cases of Lassa fever and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week. According to...
Nurse dies treating Lasa fever patient in Teaching hospital
An outbreak of Lassa fever has claimed the life of a nurse treating patients at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State. A...
NMA arrests fake doctor in Port Harcourt
…. He’s practiced quackery for two years By Omolara Akintoye The Anti-Quackery Committee of the Nigeria Medical...
Tinubu appoints Umar,DG NEMA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This is...
Tinubu appoints Omietimi,Ahmed as Chief Medical Directors of Yenegoa and Abuja Medical Centers
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. James Enimi Omietimi as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,...
Tinubu appoints Ilori ,first female DG, NACA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)...
Japa:Over 15,000 Doctors left Nigeria in five years — Minister
Over 15,000 Nigerian doctors left the country to seek greener pastures abroad in the last five years. This was revealed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and...
Japa:Tinubu stops leave of absence for Health workers
Says those who want to go should Resign The Federal Government has placed a ban on leave of absence for health professionals relocating abroad. The Minister of State for...
