HEALTH

Ondo CMD Tests Positive For COVID-19

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2020

Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure, Dr Oluwole Ige, has tested positive for COVID-19. A statement by Adeeyo Babatunde on behalf of the Chief Medical Director said Ige is responding to treatment. It assured members of staff of the hospital

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Kogi FMC doctors embark on strike over threat to lives

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2020

Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja, Kogi State have embarked on an indefinite strike. This is following an altercation on Wednesday morning when unknown armed men stormed the hospital, vandalising properties and carting away valuables. In a communique signed by Nnanna Agwu, Chairman, Association of Resident Doctors (NARD); Samuel Obajemu, chairman, Joint

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Nigerian Samson Arigbamu invents digital stethoscope to know COVID-19 infected lungs

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2020

Dr Samson Arigbamu, a Nigerian medical practitioner based in U.S, said he has invented a stethoscope equipped with components capable of identifying adventitious lung such as COVID-19 infected lungs immediately. Arigbamu told newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan that the stethoscope was in production at prototype and optimisation stage. Arigbamu had lived in the U.S for […]

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24 health workers infected in Ebonyi

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2020

Twenty four health workers have been infected with COVID-19 in Ebonyi since the outbreak of the pandemic in the state. Also, the number of cases in the state has risen to 503. Commissioner for Health, Daniel Umezuruike, stated this while giving an update on the outbreak to Governor, David Umahi in Abakaliki on Sunday. The […]

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Oyo govt closes 5 clinics over unprofessional operations

Daily Dispatch June 27, 2020

Oyo state government has sealed five private health facilities in Saki and Ibadan over unprofessional practices . This was contained in a statement signed by Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday. The statement indicated that a task-force set up by the state […]

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COVID-19: Virology Dept affirms Oyo govt’s support, appreciates Makinde

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2020

…As govt insists total support to UCH, Virology Dept stand at N118.9m The Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, on Thursday, affirmed the support of the Oyo State government to the COVID-19 Laboratory in the Department, noting that to date, the Virology Department has been supported by the state to the tune […]