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Nurse cuts doctor’s private part with blade, escapes gang-rape

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2024

A month after a trainee doctor was raped and m8rdered in Kolkata, India, sparking anger and protests nationwide, a gang-rape attempt was made on a nurse at a private hospital in Bihar. Police said one of the assaulters is a doctor who is also the administrator of the institution. However, the

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Why We Signed An MoU With Slum Tech – VGADA MD, Dr. Omeiza

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2024

The Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA), a rehabilitation centre in Abuja, has partnered with Slum Tech, an information technology firm, to enhance community health and technology access, particularly in underserved areas. Dr. Hope Omeiza, Executive Director of VGADA, made this announcement during a visit from Slum Tech’s CEO, Ms Abdullahi Asmau, to the rehab centre […]

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Non-Compliance with Environmental Laws, FG Threatens to Sanction Erring Facilities

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2024

The federal government has threatened to sanction any facility that fails to comply with environmental laws in its operation. The warning was given on Thursday by the Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations (NESREA), Dr. Innocent Barikor while receiving a brief on the routine compliance monitoring carried out by NESREA across the […]

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ID, Taraba Commission Remodeled PCR Laboratory

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2024

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Taraba State government have commissioned the remodeled Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Laboratory at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and other priority diseases testing and treatment monitoring. In April 2023, a devastating fire destroyed the PCR laboratory, which

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HOMEF’s Nnimmo Bassey Receives Wallenberg Medal for Humanitarian Contributions

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2024

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has celebrated with her Executive Director, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, on the prestigious honour of the 2024 Wallenberg Medal. Bassey is the first Nigerian and the fifth African to have received the award. He joins the ranks of other giants like South Africa’s Helen Suzman (1992), Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2008), […]

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Doctors Discover Key, Nail Clippers, Knife Inside Man During Surgery

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2024

Doctors in India were shocked to find keys, nail clippers, and even a knife from the stomach of a man, reported to be in his early twenties.  A footage of the team extracting metal implements is going viral.The issue came to light after the unnamed patient’s mother noticed that she was missing the keys to […]