COVID-19:Senate Amaze Over Metamorphosis Of Task Force To Steering Committee

HealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19:Senate Amaze Over Metamorphosis Of Task Force To Steering Committee

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 9, 2021

The Senate Committee on Health said on Thursday says the Presidency should have consulted the National Assembly before converting the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to the Presidential Steering Committee. Chairman of the Senate panel, Yahaya Oloriegbe, stated these during a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish a Federal Medical Centre in Mubi, Adamawa State. “I was listening to the radio yesterday (Wednesday) and I heard that the PTF (on COVID-19) has been...

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Bird Flu Hits 7 States, As Cholera Reported In 8 States in Nigeria

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessBird Flu Hits 7 States, As Cholera Reported In 8 States in Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 7, 2021

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1, also called “Bird flu”. Avian Influenza has strains of the influenza virus that primarily infects birds but can also infect humans. NCDC Boss disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while giving highlights of the...

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Government Agencies Threatening Us To Call Off Strikes – Doctors

HealthLabourNewsGovernment Agencies Threatening Us To Call Off Strikes – Doctors

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2021

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised the alarm that it is being threatened by some government agencies to call off its ongoing strike. This comes four days into the nationwide strike which according to the association is to protest against the failure of the Federal Government to honour their agreements, including the payment of salary arrears and indemnity for their colleagues who died in the line of COVID-19 duty. The National President,...

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Kano State Provides Free Dental Services to 16,000 Patients—Official

HealthLocal GovernmentNigeriaWellnessKano State Provides Free Dental Services to 16,000 Patients—Official

PilotnewsApril 2, 2021

KANO — No few than 16,000 patients from the five Emirate Councils in Kano have benefitted from the State’s free dental and oral health services. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa, disclosed this on Friday, at the closing ceremony of the free dental outreach inaugurated on March 20, to mark World Oral Health Day. He said that the exercise which began on March 20, had surpassed its 15,000 target beneficiaries across the state. According...

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Resident Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Over Welfare Issues

HealthLabourNewsResident Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Over Welfare Issues

PilotnewsApril 1, 2021

ABUJA — The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday commenced an indefinite nationwide strike to press home their demands for improved welfare and working conditions. The doctors are also demanding immediate payment of all salaries owed to all House Officers as well as March salaries not paid before the end of business on March 31. The President of the association, Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency...

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FG Warns Against Abuse of Antimalaria Drugs

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessFG Warns Against Abuse of Antimalaria Drugs

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 31, 2021

The federal government has said not all feverish symptoms should be regarded as malaria or treated with antimalaria drugs. Chinelo Ogbodo, chief community development officer of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), cautioned against such an act while speaking at a meeting in Akwanga, Nasarawa state. she advised Nigerians to undergo a medical test before taking antimalarial drugs as not all fevers are symptoms of malaria. Ogbodo described the treatment of every form of fever...

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Federal Government Rejects Plans To Upgrade Health Facilities In Adamawa

HealthInfrastructureFederal Government Rejects Plans To Upgrade Health Facilities In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 31, 2021

The Federal Government has rejected plans by the Senate to upgrade some medical facilities to tertiary health institutions in Adamawa State. The Senate is proposing three bills to give legal backing to the upgrade of the health institutions. The bills sponsored by the Senator representing Adamawa Central, Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani include the National Dermatology Hospital, Garkida Adamawa, Establishment Bill 2021; Teaching Hospital for the Modibbo Adama University, Yola and Federal Medical Centres Establishment Bill....

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Buhari Medical Trip Started Before I Became President – Garba Shehu

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessBuhari Medical Trip Started Before I Became President – Garba Shehu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 30, 2021

The Spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that his employer began his yearly medical trip to London even before he came to office as Nigeria’s president in 2015. The spokesperson revealed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the departure wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, just after his principal departed the country for London medical check-up. He said, “The President is looking at the window...

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4,000 Lives Lost Daily to Tuberculosis Disease Globally

HealthNewsWellness4,000 Lives Lost Daily to Tuberculosis Disease Globally

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 25, 2021

YOLA — Adamawa State Program Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy program, Dr. Boniface Gundiri says each day about 4,000 persons lost their lives to TB diseases, and close to 28,000 fell ill. Boniface revealed this during the commemoration of this year’s world tuberculosis day with a team “the clock is ticking ” held at State Specialist Hospital, Yola Wednesday, said global efforts are being made to combat the disease as 63 million lives have been saved...

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21 Years After, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria to Host Regional Congress March 24-27 –Official

HealthWellnessWorld News21 Years After, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria to Host Regional Congress March 24-27 –Official

PilotnewsMarch 21, 2021

ASABA — Nigeria is to host the ninth Near East and Africa Regional (NEAR) Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) from March 24 to March 27, 2021, in Abuja, after 21 years. Dr. Minimim Oseji, the National President of, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), disclosed this in a statement issued, on Sunday, in Asaba, and made it available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Oseji, who noted that the last time...

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