HEALTH

NIPRID reels out achievements of 2019

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2019

By Ene Ikpa The National Institute For Pharmaceutical Research and Development NIPRID has released a number of innovative projects and activities of 2019.The Director General and Chief Executive Officer NIPRID Dr Obi Peter Adigwe made this known recently in a press conference in Abuja.Dr

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FG urged to commence treatent on albino cancer patients

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2019

By Ene Ikpa The founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Albino foundation Mr Jake Epelle has called on the federal Government to embark on treatment on Albino skin cancer patients.Epelle disclosed this at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.According him,’the Albino foundation is not owing the National Hospital ,there was an agreement  that […]

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Yaba hospital admits 727 psychiatric patients in 2019

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2019

The Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba (FNPHY), Lagos, Dr Oluwayemi Ogun, on Wednesday said the hospital admitted a total of 727 psychiatric patients this year. Ogun, made the disclosure at the hospital’s 2019 Presentation of the Medical Director Score Card in Lagos. She said the 727 admitted psychiatric patients was in contrast […]

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Police intercept Tramadol worth N54m, recovers 184 ATM cards

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2019

Bauchi State Police Command confirmed that the agency intercepted 4,000 packs of tramadol worth N54 million being transported to Potiskum in Yobe State. The contrabands were was intercepted during a mop-up operation by the police. Nigerian Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba confirmed this at the Force Headquarters where 71 suspects

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Cholera: 5 confirmed dead in Ogun

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2019

In 12 reported cases of cholera on Friday at Lafenwa, Abeokuta North local council of Ogun State, no fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead. The Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Adesanya Ayinde, said at a news conference in Abeokuta that one person died in the hospital and four in […]

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North East records highest number of obstetric fistula complications

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2019

The Medical Director, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Ningi, Bauchi State, Dr Umar Ibrahim, says the North East region has the highest number of obstetric complications in the country. He made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Ningi on Tuesday, where he said the centre was supposed to cover only the six North East […]