By Ije Ulasi The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) has confirmed the death of a patient from Lassa fever in a letter dated Thursday, 30th January 2020; the patient died on Thursday at the UNTH accident and emergency unit. According to Dr Obinna Onodugo (CMD), the hospital is currently tracing contacts while also working with the Enugu State Epidemiology Team and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to...

The wife of the Enugu state Governor, Mrs Monica Ugochi Ugwuanyi on Monday, 27th January flagged off the state’s 2nd round of  maternal, newborn and child health week (MNCHW). The project inaugurated in 2018  was held at the Uwani Health Center. This event was facilitated under the auspices of Enugu state Primary Healthcare Development Agency(EPHDA), and in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO and U-TOLF. In his opening remark, the Executive Secretary/CEO Enugu State Primary Healthcare Development...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever with one recorded death at the facility in the last one week. Dr Bernard Ododo, Head of Clinical Services of the medical centre, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. Ododo told NAN that five suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in the hospital in the last one week, out...

The National Hospital says it has been recording high patronage on knee and hip replacement surgeries since 2015. Dr Umaru Habila, an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with the hospital disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Habila, also a Chief Consultant and Associate Professor at the hospital, said that the increase in patronage was as a result of the economic situation in the country. Total kneel replacement...