HEALTH

FG releases names of foreign hospitals involved in organ trafficking, warns Nigerians against hospitals in Egypt

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

The federal government has alerted Nigerian traveling abroad about the rising cases of illegal organ harvesting by some foreign hospitals. The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, in a letter signed by the director of hospital services, Wapada Balami, instructed the president of the Nigerian

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Aisha Buhari visits State House Clinic unannounced

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has paid an unscheduled visit to the State House Clinic, Aso Villa, Abuja, Premium Times reports. The visit comes following an attack launched against the clinic’s management last week, by Mrs Buhari. She had attacked the management over their inability to provide basic drugs and equipment even after […]

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Rotary gives $49.5 million to help eradicate polio in Nigeria, two other countries

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

With just 11 confirmed polio cases so far in 2017, the world is on the brink of eradicating polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year. To recognize this historic progress, Rotary clubs worldwide will host events in conjunction with Rotary International’s fifth annual World Polio Day celebration on […]

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Monkeypox: Rumour of forced military vaccination spreads to Ondo, disrupts school sessions

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

School activities were abruptly brought to an end in Akure and other major towns in Ondo State on Tuesday as the rumour of forced military vaccinations of school pupils by Monkeypox virus spread across the state. At about 11a.m., panicky parents were seen running in different directions to pick their children they had earlier dropped […]

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Breaking: Monkey pox patient commits suicide in Bayelsa

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

One of the patients receiving medical care for Monkey Pox at the quarantine centre in Bayelsa sState has committed suicide. The development was made known by the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu. Addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, Etebu said the deceased was among the 21 suspected cases of Monkey pox that […]

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BREAKING: FG confirms three cases of Monkeypox

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

The Nigerian government says three suspected samples of the deadly Monkeypox virus sent to Senegal for testing, have been confirmed. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, announced this Monday. The samples were sent to the World Health Orgaisation, WHO’s laboratory in Dakar, the Senegalese capital. The federal government sent the samples for analysis at the […]