Tag: hospitals
No end in sight: Ogun strike disrupts vital services as Gov. Abiodun faces growing pressure
While the strike continues, there are unconfirmed reports that the government and labour leaders might soon reach an agreement. But…
Ogun shuts four hospitals, two laboratories over infractions
The affected facilities include: Ololade Clinic and Maternity Home, Iyana Ilogbo; Mercygate Hospital, Itele; Fehintola Clinic and Maternity Home, Ijako;…
Hundreds donate blood for injured victims of Lagos Island collapsed building
Hundreds of sympathisers have besieged the General Hospital, Lagos Island to donate blood to surviving victims of Wednesday's collapsed building…
FCT minister wants investors to build more hospitals
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammad Bello, has urged private investors to build more hospitals in the…
Enugu Govt denies stopping churches, hospitals from issuing birth certificates
The Enugu State Government says it did not direct hospitals and churches to stop the issuance of birth certificates.
Police warn hospitals against rejecting gunshot victims
The Lagos State Police Command, on Wednesday, warned hospital authorities against the rejection of gunshot victims or the attitude of…
Health expert calls for more endoscopes in nation’s hospitals
A Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Dr Joseph Olamijulo, on Wednesday called on the three tiers of government to provide more…
Lagos shuts 34 hospitals, 126 Illegal Pharmaceutical outlets
The Lagos State Government has shutdown 34 hospitals and 126 illegal pharmaceutical outlets in the state for operating without the…
Workers’ strike paralyses Ogun, hospitals, schools, courts shut
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Activities across Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, were paralysed Monday following workers’ strike in the state. Civil servants at…
Lassa Fever: Ogun reopens closed hospitals
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Central Specialist Hospital and Rubee Medical Center, both in Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State,…
Lagos Assembly probes maternal deaths in hospitals
Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos State House of Assembly has put machinery in motion towards investigating alleged unabated maternal mortality rate in…
Lagos decries ‘Bad Eggs’ among health workers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has decried the presence of some ‘bad eggs’ among public health workers in the…
Adamawa Blast: Hospitals commend public response to blood donation
Hospital officials in Adamawa have lauded public response to the call to donate blood to victims of Tuesday night blast…
Kaduna wins UNAIDS Health Prize, gets MTN support for 5 hospitals
Femi Adi/Kaduna Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS has selected Kaduna State as the best performing state during the…
CMDs to meet on quality HIV service delivery in hospitals
At least 90 heads of tertiary and secondary hospitals will converge on Abuja and Calabar to strategize on ways to…
Hospitals rejecting accident victims to face sanctions
Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has threatened to sanction any hospital that refuses to attend to accident victims, especially…
Doctors struggle to save survivors of fuel tanker fire
Medical workers on Friday struggled to save the survivors of a massive petrol fire in southern Nigeria, as the death…
A Lofty Project
The house numbering project in Lagos, which will be carried out soon by the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency,…
The War Against Malaria
The malaria scourge has continued to decimate human population in spite of the advancement in medicine. According to statistics, at…
Cobbler Speaks About Marriage To Deaf & Dumb Wife
A 42-year old blind shoemaker, Sunday Owoyemi, who is happily married to a deaf, dumb and autistic wife, Tawa, has…
Nigeria Go Survive
There is so much to talk about that I don’t even know where to begin. Let me skip some experiences…
LASG Tackles NMA Over Sacked Doctors
The Lagos State Government has urged the Nigeria Medical Association to stop spreading falsehood, noting that sacking doctors who irresponsibly…
LASG, Doctors Should Come To A compromise
A few weeks ago doctors in government hospitals in Lagos State embarked on a strike over increase in salary and…
CNPP Slams Lagos Doctors Over Strike
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Lagos State Chapter comprising 25 political parties, has condemned incessant strikes by doctors…
Adamant Lagos Doctors On Strike
Patients who visited various public health facilities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria today for medical attention were not attended to…
Cleric Condemns Striking Doctors
Striking doctors in government hospitals have been warned to desist from acts that could lead to avoidable deaths and go…
Doctors’ Strike: Concerned Mothers Protest In Lagos
A group of concerned mothers, Lady of Africa and Empowerment Advocacy Foundation yesterday protested to the Lagos State Government Secretariat,…
Patients Leave Rivers Hospital In Droves
Medical services in all the hospitals in Port Harcourt, the oil rich Rivers State capital, have been paralysed due to…
Group Supports Fashola’s 2nd Term Bid
A socio-political group, Eko Ko Ni Baje Social Club, has joined the clamour for the return of Babatunde Raji Fashola…
Falomo Slams Lagos Doctors
Doctors in public hospitals in Lagos State have been lambasted for departing from the path of honour by embarking on…