Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved renovation and equipping of 11 additional general hospitals across the state as part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery in the state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said the new development would make all the 21 general hospitals in the state attractive and properly equipped to address the …

The Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in collaboration with Dr. Lisa Flowers of Emory University, U.S. has donated advanced equipment to 10 hospitals for use in cervical cancer screening. The equipment includes video colposcopy, thermo coagulator kits, loop electrosurgical excision procedure machine, and Evalyn Brushes for self-sample collection. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Nigeria, 23 to …

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has lamented that his administration met 32 General Hospitals across the State that have not been renovated in the last 20 years. He said the situation had made citizens travel to neighbouring states for medical care. Speaking to stakeholders from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state in Kaduna, the Governor said that …

The organised labour in Niger State has embarked on an indefinite strike, shutting down government offices and hospitals. The action is in protest of what the workers described as a violation of civil service laws, following the state government’s appointment of politicians as executive directors into government parastatal in the state. A visit to government offices saw the gates under …

Ekiti and Kogi state governments have directed hospitals and medical facilities in their respective states to receive victims of gunshots for immediate treatment in their facilities even without a police report. The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti State, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said the directive followed the order of the Inspector General of Police on the treatment of gunshot victims and …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has paid an unscheduled visits to some health facilities in the state to monitor compliance with the healthcare palliatives rolled out as part of measures to cushion the harsh economic effects of the fuel subsidy removal. The governor visited the Island Maternity Hospital on Lagos Island and the General Hospital, Odan, where an …

Medical services were paralysed in government hospitals across the country on Wednesday as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) began its five-day warning strike. It various states, hospitals offered only skeletal services to cushion the effect of the strike. This was even as hospital officials say the medical and dental consultants, nurses, and other health workers who are not …