HEALTH

Nigeria loses over 6000 doctors to the UK- Report

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2023

The International College of Surgeons, Nigerian Section, (ICS-NS), has said that the country lost no fewer than 6,221 doctors to the United Kingdom in the last six years. According to the college, this has made it difficult for over 40 million Nigerians to see a doctor, as the patient-to-doctor

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Indian High Commissioner advises Nigerians to embrace Yoga

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2023

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gangandharan Balasubramanian, has advised Nigerians to embrace Yoga as it would go a long way to develop their minds and bodies. Balasubramanian, gave the advice on Saturday at the Yoga session organised by the High Commission of India at the Velodrome of MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja as part […]

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Danger! Stop burning cow hide into ponmo- Dietician

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2023

A dietician, Dr Salami Akorede, has called on NAFDAC to regulate the mode of processing cow hide into “ponmo’’ for human consumption. Akorede is the Director, Dietetics Department at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Ile-Ife on Saturday that the popular mode of burning cow […]

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A Case For Medical Journalism

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2023

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta The practice of journalism  has deep and firm roots in Nigeria: it is like a big tree with many branches. Some of the branches focused on     sports, politics, finance and the economy, aviation, energy, entertainment, education, agriculture, maritime services and even journalism itself. However,  there is no

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FG alerts public over outbreak of Anthrax, warns against ‘pomo’

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2023

The federal government has alerted the public on the outbreak of Anthrax disease in some neighbouring countries within the West African sub- region. Dr Ernest Umakhihe, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He said that the affected countries were Northern Ghana bordering Burkina […]

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Zulum orders probe of hospital staff in viral video of rejection of accident victims

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2023

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has directed the Ministry of Health to investigate and fish out medical staff on duty who were alleged to have rejected victims of accidents. The governor gave the directive on Thursday during a visit to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Umaru Shehu Ultra Modern Hospital in Maiduguri, […]