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Zimbabwean Doctors on Nationwide strike over pay, drug shortages
Doctors in Zimbabwe on Tuesday began a nationwide strike and would not return to work until the government meets their…
WHO presents guidelines to make doctors do less during childbirth
Health professionals should trust women’s ability to give birth naturally, WHO says in new guidelines that aim to reduce medical…
Kogi state appeals to doctors to end strike
The Kogi Government has appealed to striking medical doctors in the state to end their industrial action in the interest…
Strike: Borno doctors issue 21-day ultimatum to government
Medical Doctors in the employment of Borno Government on Monday issued a 21-day ultimatum to embark on an indefinite strike…
Nigeria, a country of inequality: See doctors treating Yusuf Buhari
These are the doctors and medical experts treating injured Yusuf Buhari, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Protesting LAUTECH doctors demand payment of 12 months salary arrears
Striking doctors of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have appealed to the State Government…
DSS ordered to grant ex-director access to doctors, lawyer
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to allow its former director, Mr…
Doctor appeals to FG to increase budget to health sector to end strikes
A medical practitioner, Dr Tunji Akintade, on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to increase its annual budgetary allocation to…
Ngige accuses striking doctors of breaching constitution
Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on Wednesday accused members of the National Association of Resident Doctors…
Bauchi State Experiences Shortage Of Doctors
Dr Abdul’Aziz Manga, the Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Hospitals Management Board, said that the state was experiencing shortage of doctors…
UCH Trains Doctors, Nurses, Others On Pain Management
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, is training some doctors, nurses and other staffers on pain management to equip them…
Kogi Govt Denies Plan To Replace Striking Doctors
The Kogi Government said on Monday it had no plan to sack the 163 medical doctors in its pay roll.
Doctors’ Strike: Army takes over hospitals
Zimbabwean soldiers have been deployed to major public hospitals in the country following a week-long strike by junior doctors who…
Doctors carry out lung transplant from living donor
Doctors in Vietnam on Wednesday successfully carried out a lung transplant surgery from living donors for the first time, the…
Kenyan court frees jailed doctors union officials
Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors’ union so they can continue…
Kenyan judge orders union officials to be jailed
A Kenyan judge on Monday ordered that officials from the national doctors’ union be jailed for one month amid an…
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We want more doctors, drugs in Lagos public hospitals, senior citizens cry out
Some senior citizens in Lagos State on Tuesday called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to employ more doctors and increase drugs…
NMA bars doctors from treating commissioners, advisers
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has directed its members to stop attending to health needs of commissioners , special advisers…
Doctors: End strike or face jail -Kenyan Court
A Kenyan Court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike in the next five days or face jail after…
Doctors urge Ikpeazu to declare state of emergency
The South-East caucus of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called for a declaration of state of emergency…
Doctors in Rivers’ hospitals embark on indefinite strike
Baring any last minute intervention by the Rivers State Government, medical doctors in Rivers State will start an indefinite strike…
Boko Haram: UMTH employs 100 doctors
The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) has employed 100 medical doctors to boost manpower and enhance quality healthcare services…
Doctors, Psychologists to examine released Chibok schoolgirls
The federal government has assembled a team of medical doctors, psychologists, social workers and trauma experts to examine the 21…
Doctors forget towel inside patient after surgery
For allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after surgical operation, two doctors working with a private hospital in Lagos…
Doctors’ strike takes toll on patients
Some of the patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Friday said that the warning strike…
Health Minister mourns Ekiti doctors’
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has commiserated with the President, National Executive Council and the entire membership of…
El-Rufai shuts Govt House Clinic, redeploys doctors, nurses
The Government House Clinic in Kaduna has been shut, and its medical personnel have been redeployed to public hospitals. The…
Buhari to Doctors: Shelve your strike, I will honour my word
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve its threatened strike action…
Osun doctors call off seven months strike
Striking medical doctors in Osun under the aegis of Association of Medical and Dental Officers, on Sunday suspended their seven…
Oshiomhole raises Edo doctors’ pay by 5%
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved a five per cent increase in the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS)…