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World Hypertension Day: CMD urges Nigerians above 40 to regularly check BP
Dr Shomade Taofeek, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of State Hospital,
Ota in Ogun State, has advised Nigerians above 40 years to regularly check their blood pressure and control salt intake
to avoid hypertension.
He gave the…
Kwara Govt scales up dental, eye care centres
Kwara State Government has commenced the refurbishing and provision of quality of equipment at the dental clinic and eye care centres in General Hospital Ilorin.
The Director-General of the state Hospital Management Bureau, Mr…
Ibadan residents decry continue enforcement of face masks by business operators
Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital and its environs, have expressed their displeasure over the continued enforcement of face masks used by business operators.
They expressed their feelings in separate interviews with the…
Ogun traditional medicine board inaugurates taskforce to check illegality
The Ogun Alternate Medicine Board (OGAMB) has inaugurated a task force to curb unlawful practices in the subsector, as part of effort to stamp out quackery.
The OGAMB Chairman, Mr Balogun Olaleye, made this known in Abeokuta on…
LASU takes free medical outreach to Ikorodu, 300 benefit
The Lagos State University (LASU) on Friday took a free medical screening programme to Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), with over 300 residents benefiting.
The screening was put together by LASU Directorate of…
Kwara Gov’s wife reiterates commitment to curb malaria
The wife of the Gov. of Kwara and Founder, Ajike People Support Centre, Amb. Olufolake AbdulRazaq, says her office and NGO, would not relent on their effort until malaria is totally eradicated in the state.
Mrs AbdulRazaq described…
German NGO builds 2nd Noma Treatment Centre
A German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Hilfasktion Noma eV, has
started building the second National Noma Treatment Centre in Abuja.
The group, now known as the Nigeria Aids Noma Initiative (NANI), will build a 100-bed…
Communicable diseases: Oyo Govt. begins fumigation of dumpsites
Oyo State Government, in collaboration with a waste management consultant, Mottainai Recycling, has began fumigation of dump sites to eliminate communicable diseases and epidemics in the state.
Commissioner for Environment and…
African Diaspora organisation plans 3.5bn Euro Medical City in Badagry
Ms Marie-Ange Thebaug, the Minister of Historical Legacy, State of African Diaspora (SOAD), France, says the group will build a 3.5 billion Euro Medical City in Badagry, Lagos the State.
The Minister disclosed this during her visit…
Surrogacy is a preferred alternative for peaceful marriage, says medical expert
Dr Chinelo Okoye, Gynecologist and a Senior Registrar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has advised couples, affected by infertility, to go for surrogacy to sustain…