OSUN TEACHING HOSPITAL WORKERS DISRUPT BOARD MEETING, THREATEN STRIKE OVER LAB PRIVATISATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. Workers of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Thursday disrupted a meeting of the hospital’s Governing Board over plans...
NO DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK IN LAGOS, COMMISSIONER ASSURES RESIDENTS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim ...Urges calm, vigilance and prompt medical attention ...State strengthens surveillance as outbreak persists in several states Lagos State Government has reassured residents...
PLATEAU SHUTS SCHOOLS OVER THREATS OF DIPTHERIA
HOTJIST NEWS The government of Plateau State has told all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to close temporarily, starting on...
THREE DEAD AS VEHICLE PLUNGES FROM LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY BRIDGE
By: Balogun Ibrahim Three women have been killed and 10 others injured after a vehicle reportedly plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway...
LAUTECH HOSPITAL CRISIS: NARD THREATENS NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
By:Tajudeen Aminat The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has thrown its weight behind resident doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital,...
WALE ELESHO UNDERGOES SURGERY FOR FACIAL LESION, SAYS ANTP
By:Tajudeen Aminat Concern over veteran actor Wale Elesho’s facial injury emerged during the funeral rites of late actor Taiwo ‘Ogogo’ Hassan, with several people expressing...
EBOLA OUTBREAK: LAGOS ASSESSES MAINLAND HOSPITAL’S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
By:Tajudeen Aminat The Lagos State Government has assessed the Infectious Disease Hospital, popularly known as Mainland Hospital, Yaba, as part of efforts to strengthen its...
OVER 16,000 ZERO-DOSE CHILDREN AMONG 32,000 CONFIRMED DIPHTHERIA CASES IN KANO
By Aishat Momoh. O. More than 16,000 children among over 32,000 confirmed diphtheria cases recorded in Kano State since 2022 had never received any vaccination...
DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK: KATSINA TEACHING HOSPITAL RUNS OUT OF BED SPACE
By: Muftau Fatimo The ongoing diphtheria outbreak in Katsina State has put the Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina (FTH Katsina) under significant strain, as a surge...
MIDLIFE HEALTH: DAMES HUB, PARTNERS HOLD WELLNESS SEMINAR FOR MEN, WOMEN IN ILORIN (PHOTOS)
By ‘Sefiu Ajape Dames Hub Wellness Initiative, in collaboration with Chances and Opportunities Inc., Texas; the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin; ELBE PHARMA Nigeria Ltd.; and...