FMC Yenagoa Marks End of Year With Free Medical Outreach

HealthLocal GovernmentFMC Yenagoa Marks End of Year With Free Medical Outreach

PilotnewsNovember 20, 2021

OTUOKE, (Bayelsa) — The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in collaboration with FMC Otuoke Outreach, on Saturday organised a free medical outreach for the people of Otuoke, its host Community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The programme which was part of the activities to mark the centre’s end of year activities, included free eye test and donation of free glasses,  mosquito nets, also HIV and dental checks, among other medical services. Otuoke, which is...

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No Research About Healing Qualities Of Cannabis-NDLEA Boss

HealthLifestyleNo Research About Healing Qualities Of Cannabis-NDLEA Boss

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 19, 2021

JOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday says legalization of consumption of cannabis will take Nigeria back to its dark days. Some Nigerians have been advocating for the legalization of the drug for health and economic purposes, but Marwa rejected the calls, stressing that such a move would also take Nigeria back to its dark days. Marwa at an interactive session...

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The Dr. Stella Immanuel Lunacy—Get this Brute Out the White Coat

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsHealthOpinionThe Dr. Stella Immanuel Lunacy—Get this Brute Out the White Coat

PilotnewsNovember 16, 2021

Her diabolical demeanor over systematic knowledge, observable facts, and actions of fundamental laws are proof of professional incompetence   Earlier this month, the Texas Medical Board took what it called “corrective action” against a notorious Houston physician, Dr. Stella Immanuel, who had stubbornly prescribed hydroxychloroquine to treat patients’ COVID-19 infection without adequately explaining the health consequences. Immanuel, tagged the “demon sperm” doctor for ascribing gynecological issues to people “having sex in their dreams with demons and...

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Director Reminds First Aiders To Operate Within The Confines Of The Law

HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionDirector Reminds First Aiders To Operate Within The Confines Of The Law

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 16, 20211

YOLA — Members of the First Aid Group of Fityanul Islam of Nigeria (FAGFIN), Adamawa state have been reminded of the need to operate within the confines of the law and fear Allah in the course of discharging their duties as First Aiders. Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Bindir, the State Director of the Group gave the reminder in an interview in Yola, also called on them to be honest and trustworthy in dealing with people. “Don’t...

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Apical Diagnostic Centre Yola Screened Over 50 People Free

HealthWorld NewsApical Diagnostic Centre Yola Screened Over 50 People Free

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 15, 2021

YOLA — The Apical Diagnostic Centre Yola has conducted free Serum Glucose screening on over fifty people on Sunday in commemoration of World Diabetes Day is celebrated on the fourteenth of November each year. The Day is set aside by the United Nations to serve as a platform of creating awareness and enlightening people about the disease. Speaking at the event, an official of the centre Doctor Aminu M.C Tahir said the centre organized the...

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Nigeria Can Become Open-Defecation Free by 2025 – Osinbajo

EnvironmentHealthNigeria Can Become Open-Defecation Free by 2025 – Osinbajo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 12, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that even as the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will help the country to achieve its goal to end open defecation by 2025. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the virtual meeting of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Steering Committee to review the progress report...

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Diabetes Problem Makes Africa More Vulernable to COVID-19 Death, Says WHO

AfricaHealthDiabetes Problem Makes Africa More Vulernable to COVID-19 Death, Says WHO

PilotnewsNovember 11, 2021

NAIROBI — Death rates from COVID-19 infections were much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. A WHO analysis of data from 13 African countries found a 10.2 per cent case fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with diabetes, compared with 2.5 per cent for COVID-19 patients overall. “COVID-19 is delivering a clear message, fighting the diabetes epidemic in...

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Tuberculosis: 41,000 People At Risk In Benue State

HealthWellnessTuberculosis: 41,000 People At Risk In Benue State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 9, 2021

BAUCHI — The Benue state programme manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Dr. Igbabul Ishember says no fewer than 41,000 people in Benue State are at the risk of being infected by Tuberculosis (TB) at the end of 2021. Ishember, who is also the Deputy Director, Public Health, in the Ministry of Health and Human Services, in an interview said, from January to date only 4,135 TB patients representing 28 percent have been identified and placed...

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Kano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionKano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2021

KANO — Due to professional misconduct and poor service, the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Green-Olives Hospital, Gadon Kaya, Gwale local government area. Abba Dalha, spokesperson of the agency in a statement said the agency has received a petition that the facility has recorded two death cases in the last six months. The statement said: “After thorough investigation, the agency found that the hospital does not undertake proper investigation...

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Mental Health: What It Is Not

ColumnsHealthOpinionMental Health: What It Is Not

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2021

Also, mental health is not mental illness. Mental illnesses are disorders that affect one’s behaviour and mood. The term “mental health” is a word that has been misinterpreted by many to mean different things. Some of these assumptions have thus become factual information overtime to many, breeding some form of aversion towards the concept; hence, it is important to debunk the myth surrounding mental health. First off, what is the conventional meaning of mental health?...

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