Kwara state has been rated the best in the North Central geo-political zone when it comes to basic healthcare delivery. The North Central geo-political zone comprises Kwara, Niger, Kogi, Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa states A Government House, Ilorin statement which was made available
President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Emeka Orji has disclosed that there has been no meeting convened by the health authorities to address their grievances. NARD had begun a five-day warning strike on Wednesday (today) which is expected to
The Kwara state Hospital Management Board (KW-HMB) has organized a training programme for staff of the General Hospital, Ilorin to improve health care quality. A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the training programme which took place on May 12 was coordinated
A Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Wednesday ordered that a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, who was alleged to have put a female nurse under sedation and had sex with her, should be remanded in a correctional facility. Ayodele is the Chief Medical Director
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
