HEALTH

Patient dies as car runs over jim in JUTH premises

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2023

A middle-aged-man, identified as Mallam Zubairu, has died after a vehicle ran over him at the hospital premises. Zubairu, a resident of Lamingo, Jos East Local Government Area, had visited the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) for a health related issue where he met his untimely death. A

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Uganda declares end to deadly Ebola outbreak

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2023

Uganda on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony in the central district of Mubende where the disease was first detected in […]

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LASUTH loses 150 nurses to brain-drain

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2023

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), said over 150 nurses have resigned their appointments with the tertiary hospital within the last three years. The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, said this during a news conference Tuesday in Lagos. Fabamwo said the situation was due to brain-drain of health workers – relocating […]

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FG to introduce performance-based remuneration for health workers

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2023

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the Federal Government is working on introducing performance-based remuneration for healthcare workers to reduce the brain drain in the country. Ehanire said this in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists on brain drain in the health sector on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the President, […]

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Adaptation is the Key Characteristic of China’s Policy against COVID-19

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2023

By H.E. CUI Jianchun, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria On the New Year’s eve, Chinese President XI Jinping, at his 2023 New Year Address, extended greetings to all nationals as well as friends and people in the world, while claiming that, since COVID-19 struck, China has prevailed over unprecedented difficulties and challenges. China has entered a […]

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Breaking: New COVID-19 variants not in Nigeria – NCDC

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said that the COVID-19 Omicron sub-lineages partly responsible for the current increase in COVID-19 cases in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom have not yet been detected in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on Wednesday in an update on COVID-19 genomic surveillance signed […]