HEALTH

No free DNA tests for Nigerians- Minister

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2022

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, has debunked the news making the round on social media about free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians. Some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, and Facebook with claims that

HEALTH

COVID-19 vaccination: Ogun commences “operation campus storm”, targets 400, 000 youths

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2022

As part effort to meet its COVID-19 vaccination target, the Ogun State Government through the Primary Health Care Development Board (OGPHCDB), has begun an “Operation Campus Storm”, a ramp-up exercise aimed at reaching over 400,000 eligible youths in and outside tertiary institutions. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker disclosed this in a chat with OGIS

BUSINESS HEALTH

NLNG HSP takes off, company signs MoU with 6 Teaching Hospitals

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2022

Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited today signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with six Nigerian teaching hospitals nationwide, flagging off the implementation of its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme (NLNG HSP). The six hospitals were selected as part of the first phase of the NLNG HSP. The NLNG HSP targets 12 hospitals from the six geographical zones in […]

HEALTH

LASSA FEVER: Oyo govt allays fears over reported case

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2022

…set up surveillance system across LGs in the stateThe Oyo State government, on Monday, called on all residents of the state to remain calm over the reported cases of the Lassa Fever in Iwajowa Local Government Area of the state.The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bode Ladipo, made this known in a statement issued by the […]

HEALTH

BIOPATH Medical Laboratory opens branch at Ikorodu

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2022

By: Adémólá Òrúnbon Journalists from all spheres of the media world converged at the Biopath Medical Laboratory located at No 175, Ikorodu Road Before Awoyokun Bus-Stop, Lagos Nigeria for a press briefing heralding the official opening of the Ikorodu Road Branch of the Foremost Medical Laboratory in Nigeria. Biopath Medical Laboratory, established in a one […]

HEALTH

Incredible: US surgeons transplant pig’s heart into human, break world record

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2022

United States surgeons have broken a world record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into a dying patient for the very first time in the world. The operation, which took about nine hours to complete, was conducted on a 57-year-old man, David Bennett, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on […]