Abia State News

Protesting students of the School of Basic Psychiatry and Nursing, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, on Tuesday, barricaded the institution’s entrance with a coffin. The nursing students were protesting the failure of the Hospital to register them for the Nursing and Midwifery Council of…

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Grace Olasumbo, a Nutritionist, has advised Nigerians to be wary of fruits and vegetables that do not have uniform colours, especially when they appear with yellow and green patches. Olasumbo gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja against backdrop …

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has raised the alarm over cancer-causing substances found in some school uniform materials made by two China-based companies. SON Director-General, Mr. Osita Aboloma, warned importers against bringing the school uniform materials into Nigeria. A statement …

THE members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have suspended their six weeks’ nationwide strike. The suspension was with effect from yesterday. The health workers had proceeded on a nationwide job boycott on the midnight of April 17, following alleged Federal Government’s inability to…

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Monday said it would continue its ongoing nationwide strike until the Federal Government implement certain agreements reached between the two parties on Sept. 30, 2017. JOHESU disclosed this at a peaceful rally organised by its national body in Abuja, s…

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday evening disclosed that he would meet the leaders of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) tomorrow being Monday. The meeting, which comes as a follow-up to his earlier mediation between JOHESU and the Federal Government, was scheduled to be at 3:0…

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun an immunisation campaign in an attempt to halt the spread of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The experimental vaccine proved effective when used in limited trials during the epidemic which struck West Africa in 2014-16. At lea…

•Govt, union officials meet The National Industrial Court yesterday in Abuja ordered striking members of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), to suspend the on-going strike and return to work from today. Justice Babatunde Adejumo gave the order after listening to the submissions of Mr Okere Nna…

• Asks Emzor to declare indicted sales rep wanted The  National Agency for Food, and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday lifted the shutdown order on three pharmaceutical companies closed on May 7 for production of codeine cough syrups. The affected firms are: Emzor Pharmaceutic…

•Strike hits LASUTH, Oyo, • Health workers evict doctors, patients in Delta MEDICAL doctors have issued a notice of strike to the Federal Government. The doctors, under the umbrella body of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), warned of impending strike should the Federal Government accede to s…

Ebola victim being carried An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-western territory of Bikoro. There are two confirmed cases of the Ebola virus in the affected area and 17 deaths where it is suspected, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The incident co…

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday disclosed that the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) had no agreement with the Federal Government to warrant the current strike action. According to him, the federal government had already constituted a high level body to look into all …

The crisis in the nation’s health sector took a new turn on Tuesday as doctors, under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, declared that they will not join a proposed strike by other workers in the health sector. This was as the doctors described the Joint Health Staff Union, JO…

Dr Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health The President of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Mr Josiah Biobelemoye, said on Monday that the the union would commence an indefinite nationwide strike by midnight on Tuesday. Biobelemoye said this when he led the union executive on a courtesy visit …

ABIA STATE TELEHEALTH INITIATIVE (ABTI). is an initiative that Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu approved for a Health Consultancy Outfit known as DIAL A DOC through the State Ministry of Health. The outfit was expected to carry out a pilot scheme of the initiative which they did with better res…

Dr. Bala Muhammad of the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano, has accused Igbo drug merchants of supplying codeine syrups to the north. The lecturer made the allegation while presenting a paper at the Kano Youth Summit on Peace Advocacy and Development organised by Hamisu Magaji Fou…

PHOTO: womenshealthmag.com *Foods consumed at restaurants, fast food outlets associated with higher levels of phthalates  New research warns that dieting and skipping meals can do more harm than good to your waistline. While millions jump on the diet wagon every year, a study shows severely li…

Lassa-fever The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, said it had placed under surveillance, no fewer than 30 persons, who allegedly had contact with a female doctor, who reportedly died of Lassa fever. The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Abali Chuku, made this known on Tuesday at a news c…

Though first described in the 1950s, the virus causing Lassa disease was not identified until 1969. The virus is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the virus family Arenaviridae. Also according to W.H.O, about 80% of people who become infected with Lassa virus have no symptoms but 1 in …