HEALTH

Aminu Kano Hospital Conducts Another Cardiac Surgery

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has conducted another successful cardiac pacemaker implantation surgery on an 87-yr old Alhaji Shehu Bashir Nababa. A statement signed by Alhaji Aminu Inuwa, a deputy director of information in the hospital, said the patient was received at the hospital’s

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Ministry, NAFDAC To Investigate Importation Of Garri From India

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development says it will liaise with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to investigate the alleged importation of garri from India. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is “strange […]

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1.4 million Children May Die From Famine In Nigeria, Three Others – UNICEF

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews […]

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Health Workers Threaten To Embark On Indefinite Strike

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

Health workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on February 27 over the deplorable state of the health system. The workers said this at a rally held on Thursday in Lagos where they decried the current state of the health sector. They […]

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Air Pollution FG Closed Asphalt Plant In Port Harcourt

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2017

The Federal Government has declared the air pollution in Port Harcourt an emergency situation and closed an asphalt plant there after residents complained about the fumes from its furnaces. Residents staged a protest in Port Harcourt, a harbor city in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, waving their hands in the air to show the soot […]

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Palm Oil Intake May Cause Cancer – Expert

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2017

A European safety agency has said that substances produced when palm oil is processed at high temperatures may cause cancer, based on animal studies. According to WebMD, the agency studied harmful substances that form during food processing when vegetable oils are heated to temperatures of 392 F or higher. The highest levels of these substances, known as […]