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Gunmen disguised as patients abduct doctor in Cross River

    Gunmen disguised as patients abduct doctor in Cross River

Ekanem Ephraim, a medical doctor with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has been abducted by gunmen at her residence. Speaking with NAN on Friday, Felix Archibong, chairman of

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Naira scarcity: Patients unable to buy required medication, says NMA

    Naira scarcity: Patients unable to buy required medication, says NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the new naira policy has worsened the healthcare situation in the country. Nigerians have been battling with cash scarcity as an adverse impact of

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World TB Day: How patients suffer stigmatisation while battling tuberculosis

    World TB Day: How patients suffer stigmatisation while battling tuberculosis

In 2014, when Umar Abdulbaki got his diagnosis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR), a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria resistant to at least two of the most powerful anti-TB

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Corps members attending to patients in FMC Yola amid doctors’ strike

    Corps members attending to patients in FMC Yola amid doctors’ strike

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members are offering medical services at the federal medical centre, Yola, Adamawa state amid the strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). More

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13 COVID-19 patients die in Indian hospital fire

  13 COVID-19 patients die in Indian hospital fire

Thirteen patients have died in a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Vasai-Virar, India. The fire is reported to have

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Relatives withdraw patients as doctors’ strike paralyses activities in Kano hospitals

  Relatives withdraw patients as doctors’ strike paralyses activities in Kano hospitals

Doctors working in some public hospitals in Kano state have withdrawn their services in solidarity with the ongoing nationwide strike

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Study: COVID patients should delay surgery by 7 weeks to reduce death risk

  Study: COVID patients should delay surgery by 7 weeks to reduce death risk

A study has advised that surgery for other ailments in COVID-19 patients should be delayed by at least seven weeks

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Abayomi: Over 2,000 COVID-19 patients in Lagos avoiding isolation centres

  Abayomi: Over 2,000 COVID-19 patients in Lagos avoiding isolation centres

Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos, says more than 2,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have not turned

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1,715 patients discharged in one week as NCDC confirms 452 new cases

  1,715 patients discharged in one week as NCDC confirms 452 new cases

Nigeria’s COVID-19 recovery toll has maintained a steady record with more than 1,700 people discharged in the past seven days.

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Ehanire: Why some patients go into hiding after testing positive for COVID-19

  Ehanire: Why some patients go into hiding after testing positive for COVID-19

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says some patients infected with COVID-19 “disappear” after testing positive to avoid going into isolation.

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