HEALTH

Kogi govt holds mass burial for 130 unclaimed corpses

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

The Kogi Government has conducted a mass burial for 130 unclaimed corpses deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary, Lokoja. Mrs Elizabeth Arokoyo, the General Manager, Kogi Sanitation and Waste Management Board made this known while fielding questions from newsmen on Sunday.

EDUCATION HEALTH

Over 10,000 students in 40 Lagos schools are asthmatic’

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

Over 10,000 Lagos State students between the ages of 12 and 14 in 40 schools have asthma symptoms, an international study, which involved lungs doctors in six African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, has revealed. This was disclosed at the weekend during stakeholders and public engagement on Achieving Control of […]

HEALTH

Primary Healthcare devt as proof of GSM’s governance driven by data, logic

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2022

By Moses Alao Last week, the Executive Director/Chief Executive of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaibu, was in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Reason for the visit? He came to inspect some Primary Health Care Centres in the state, under the ongoing initiative of the Governor Seyi Makinde to renovate and […]

HEALTH

Shell trains medical staff in 27 public hospitals in N’Delta

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2022

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, says it remains committed to the capacity building of health professionals, to render quality and affordable health care service in the Niger Delta. Mr Igo Weli, Head, Corporate Relations, SPDC, stated this at the ongoing Quality Improvement Training for health care professionals from selected public hospitals on Friday

HEALTH

Four babies die in Delta, doctor found drunk

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

The families of four newborn babies have been thrown into mourning after they died due to alleged negligence on the part of the doctor on duty at the Sapele Central Hospital, in the Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. The victims’ families, while lamenting over their deaths, alleged that the doctor on duty was […]

HEALTH

Hospital detains nursing mother for four months over N140,000 debt

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

A middle-aged nursing mother, identified as Mrs Chinenye Agu, is seeking help as the hospital where she put to bed has refused to release both her and the new born baby since May. Agu, who hailed from Ezeagu in Enugu State, but resides at Afor-Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, said she […]