Rescues nine victims o Discharges three o Six People still on admission Lagos State Government has promised to take full responsibility for the treatment and medical bills of rescued victims of the Ikoyi building collapse. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat disclosed this today during his visit to some of the rescued victims of the […]Read More
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja has again led public health institutions, as it successfully performed its first LASER Lithotripsy on October 28. LASUTH now has a full upper tract endoscopic and LASER facility, which can be accessible by the residents of Lagos State and its environs. The Professor of Urology, LASUTH, Prof. […]Read More
The World Bank has declared as “effective“ Nigeria’s 750-million-dollars COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. Mr Aso Vakporaye, the Chairman, Federal CARES Technical Committee, made this known in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Vakporaye explained that the World Bank recommendation was contained in a letter which the Country Director of […]Read More
The Federal Government on Monday said over 3.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine are expected from the United States, as part of measures to ensure all Nigerians get vaccinated against the virus. Briefing reporters in Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said notable progress is being made in the […]Read More
THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and the new leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Tuesday met in Abuja on how to resolve the face-off between the government and the resident doctors. This is as the NMA has attributed the ongoing […]Read More
… As General Hospital Ifako-Ijaiye Celebrates World Physiotherapy Day The Medical Director, General Hospital, Ifako Ijaiye, Dr. Bamidele Mustapha has enjoined physiotherapists in the country to embrace Telerehabilitation, also known as e-rehabilitation, due to the emergence of COVID-19. Dr. Mustapha made the call on Wednesday in his address at an event to mark Y2021 World […]Read More
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control(NCDC) disclosed on Monday morning. The NCDC also reported 30 COVID-19 related deaths. The centre added that the new cases posted on Sunday, showed a drop from the 964 infections posted on Saturday. […]Read More
Says Uptake of Vaccine is Impressive Lagos State Government today commenced the administration of the Moderna COVID vaccine at the designated 183 vaccination sites across the State. State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who stated this today after receiving a preliminary monitoring report of the vaccination exercise from the Social Mobilization Team expressed satisfaction […]Read More
As part of efforts to mitigate the effect of the third wave of COVID-19 infection in Lagos State, the State Government through its Incident Command Structure has fully activated 10 COVID Oxygen Treatment and Sample Collection Centres as well as 20 Local Government Area (LGA) Based COVID Sample Collection Sites. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who […]Read More
… To Partner Organization on Deployment of the facility to improve health access Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has described the Modular Healthcare Facility (MHF), recently launched by Alpha Mead Healthcare Management Services (AMHS) as an exciting innovation that will boost access to healthcare in Nigeria. The MHF, is a fully-equipped healthcare […]Read More