With an army of over 16,000 doctors, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is the single largest medical group in any teaching hospital in the country. The doctors are on strike because the government has not honoured the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they both signed. Speaking with The Nation, …
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LUTH opens doors to COVID-19 Patients, inaugurates 60-bed isolation centre
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Tuesday, commissioned a 60-bed isolation centre for Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LUTH, made this known while briefing journalists shortly after the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and the Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Coronavirus inspected …
Read More »Lassa Fever: LUTH increases surveillance
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, appeared normal in spite of the two recorded deaths and over 100 people under surveillance for Lassa Fever. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who visited the hospital report that from the gate, people were seen entering the institution unperturbed. …
Read More »Man killed on birthday buried in Lagos
A 24-year-old man, Afenghide George, whose killing was allegedly sponsored by a hotel manager, was buried on Saturday at Atan Cemetary, Yaba, Lagos. The father of the deceased, Mr Matthew George-Umaigba, a 55-year-old businessman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday. George-Umaigba said his son was buried …
Read More »“I’m sorry, I can’t face being a doctor any more”,Doctor cries out
My family and I won’t survive the junior doctor contract financially or personally – I’m giving up. My juniors tell me I’m an inspiration. They tell me that the only reason they have hope is because they can see through me that it is possible – to be a woman, …
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