A baby that was diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation at 30 weeks has undergone a brain surgery right inside the womb. Children born with such a condition have a 30 percent chance of dying before age 11 and this affects one in
The General Hospital, Lafiagi, Kwara state, has become one of the hospitals accredited by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the country, a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com disclosed on Friday. NHIA, the statement noted, has given the state-owned health facility the
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that 764 Nigerians die of mouth cancer also known as oral cancer every year . Team@orientactualmags.com learned he said this in Abuja during an oral cancer training programme organized by the Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has voiced its opposition to the bill under consideration in the House of Representatives titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Medical Doctors and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap. M379, Laws of the
Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Tertiary and Secondary Health, has faulted the bill under consideration in the House of Representatives titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Medical Doctors and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap.
Over 800,000 women are living with fistula in the country with majority of them in the northern states, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) , has disclosed. A fistula is an abnormal connection between two body parts like an organ or blood vessel and
Governor Ademola Adeleke has reversed the suspension of Dr Niyi Oginni from office noting that this was done to save the state health insurance scheme from imminent collapse. In a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his spokesman, Mr Olawale Rasheed on Monday, the
A nurse at the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital , Zamfara state, Asma’u Lawali Bungudu, collapsed and died on Wednesday. It was learned that she was hale and hearty when she arrived at her workplace earlier in the day but sadly, Asmau
The General Hospital, Ilorin, disclosed on Monday that it has begun a 24-hour pharmacy service. The Press Unit of the Kwara state Hospital Management Board in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the extension of hours of operation will help to
The Kwara state office of the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, was inaugurated on Tuesday with dignitaries at the event commending Senator Yahaya Ibrahim Oloriegbe’s efforts to improve healthcare services in the country. Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe, who currently represents Kwara
