…says Govt ready to make UCH Annex in Sepeteri functional Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has stated the readiness of his administration to sustain the collaboration and cooperation between the State and the University College Hospital, Ibadan. The Governor, who made the disclosure while hosting the Board of Management of UCH during a courtesy…

The world number three deadliest terrorist organization, Boko Haram, has on Friday kidnapped four armed soldiers and two police officers along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. Military sources who revealed this to TheCable, said Boko Haram attacked the security officers in an ambush near Auno village on Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The insurgents who appeared in military uniforms were said…

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has commended the case management team who separated the conjoined twins at  National Hospital Abuja. The Minister said “they have demonstrated that our health system, even with modest resources can rise up to the highest challenges and offer quality care to find its position among renowned international hospitals’’….

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered the immediate closure of St Vincent Hospital at Igbagu, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi, following suspected outbreak of Lassa fever at the hospital. The order is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr….

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the Senate has mandated its relevant Committee to ensure an improvement in the implementation of the budgetary allocation to the nation’s primary healthcare system. Lawan made the promise while receiving in audience the Global Alliance for Vaccination Initiative (GAVI) high level mission to Nigeria. Lawan said,…

… Gives go ahead on home-based transplant As a state owned specialist hospital begins kidney dialysis, Governor Babagana Umara ‎has directed his commissioner of health to put in place measures that will make the dialysis procedure free for patients. The aim is to reduce pains faced by low income citizens and their families who pay…

Senator Adeleke Mamora- the minister of state for health, has said that Nigeria has the highest number of babies infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Mamora said the Federal Government would therefore sustain HIV prevention and treatment activities nationwide. The minister noted that the government would commit “sufficient resources to both HIV prevention and treatment…

…Seeks regulation of Health Insurance in Nigeria The Senate on Thursday began moves to regulate Health Insurance in the country in a way that would allow poor Nigerians access to quality healthcare. This, the upper chamber stated, can be realized by seeking the establishment of the National Health Insurance Commission. The Upper Chamber while considering…

In order to restore sanity to healthcare delivery system in the state, no fewer than 24 pharmacy stores, patent medicine shops and unlicensed premises at Abule Egba, Alagbado, Kola, Meiran, Ekoro and Oko-Oba in Ifako Ijaiye and Alimosho Local Government areas of Lagos were sealed by the Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and…

***Appeals against stigmatization, discrimination of persons living with the virus The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ensure adequate funding of the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) for the fight and control of the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the country. This was even as the upper…