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Lockdown: Our Mortuary is full to capacity – FMC Yenagoa

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2020

Mortuary officials of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Yenagoa have raised an alarm that their mortuary is full to capacity and they can no longer admit new corpses. The management said that the morgue had reached its full capacity since the past week. They attributed the present situation to

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Despite battling COVID-19: Abuja doctors owed seven months salaries

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2020

Despite putting their lives at risk in the fight against deadly Coronavirus, doctors employed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are still being owed between three and seven months salaries. The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, FCT, disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of a virtual council meeting on May 7, 2020. […]

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Ogun COVID-19 Update: 35 Total Discharged, Total Active Now 76 including 2 New Cases

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2020

Ogun State, on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 discharged five COVID-19 patients out of the earlier recorded 113 total confirmed cases in the state. The patients have since joined their families after they all tested negative to the virus twice, bringing the total number of discharged cases in the State to 35. The NCDC on the […]

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COVID-19: Two FMC Staff, Three Others Test Positive

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Five persons were reported to have been tested positive to the coronavirus at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. Out of these numbers were two staff of the FMC that included a nurse and administrative staff, while three others were patients at the centre. Segun Orisajo, Head, […]

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WHO cautions against use of Madagascar anti-virus potion

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2020

The World Health Organization on Thursday advised governments to clinically test a herbal drink touted by Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina as a remedy against coronavirus. The Covid-Organics infusion is derived from artemisia — a plant with proven anti-malarial properties — and other indigenous herbs. Rajoelina hopes to distribute the infusion across West Africa and

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Comrade Osaretin Becomes Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital PRO

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOHAs part of the strategies to reposition and make Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital (IUTH), Okada, Edo State becomes a delight to others, the management of the hospital has appointed Comrade Moses Uyi Osaretin as the new Public Relations Officer (PRO).Osaretin, an ace broadcaster is coming on board with a vast experience garnered from […]