Health

Kaduna State Government says it has spent N121.36 billion on the health sector in the last five years. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, disclosed this at the 2021 graduation of the third cohort of the Health Leadership Academy, HLA, on Wednesday. Mr Balarabe who was a guest at the occasion which held virtually, said that the investments were aimed at ensuring better outcomes in the health sector of Kaduna state. ‘’Since 2016, the state has maintained a budgetary allocation of 16% and above for the health sector, devoting the sum of N 121.36 billion in the five years of…

FG stops payment of salary for housemanship, NYSC doctors “The National Council on Establishment (NCE) at its 42nd meeting held from 30th November – 4th December 2020 in Ikeja, Lagos State reviewed the current status on internship programmes/ housemanship/ NYSC Doctors in Service, and approved their removal from the Scheme of Service as posts attracting grade level in the salary structure,” the statement reads. The National Council on Establishment (NCE) announced that it would stop the payment of salaries for medical doctors on housemanship programmes but would rather consider them for allowances. The NCE decision was contained in a memo…

10 Dead, 400 Hospitalised After Drinking This Juice In Kano At least 10 persons have died and 400 are currently hospitalised after drinking expired citric acid powdered drinks in Kano State. This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa on Thursday. Tsanyawa stated that among those hospitalised are 50 patients undergoing kidney-related treatment, because of complications arising from the consumption of the killer drinks. The Commissioner spoke in a video, which was made available to journalists in Kano State on Thursday. He explained that the affected persons were being treated in government hospitals. He cautioned residents…

According to Nuhu, the little girl needed N3m for her brain surgery and a well meaning individual offered to donate the money. However, he requested to transfer it to the mother’s bank account because he didn’t trust the NG0 in charge of the little girl’s case.   A 3-year-old girl who was battling with brain tumour has reportedly died after her mother allegedly absconded with N3m donated for her surgery. Nuhu Fulani kwajafa, the National Coordinator of Global initiative for Peace, Love and Care, GIPLC, revealed this in a Facebook post. According to Nuhu, the little girl needed N3m for…

Anyone with headache for than four days after taking Oxford-AstraZeneca jab should seek medical attention, says UK Regulator People who experience a headache for more than four days after having the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab should seek medical attention, the UK's medicines regulator has said. They should also get help if they have bruising somewhere other than the injection site after a few days, it added. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Thursday its latest advice was a "precautionary measure" following a "very small" number of reports of an extremely rare form of blood clot occurring in conjunction…

Strange Disease As Residents Experience Bloody Urine, Severe Vomiting After Consuming Sachet Water In Kano Some residents of Kano Municipal, Kumbotso and Gwale local government areas of Kano State have shown symptoms of severe vomiting and blood-in-urine after consuming sachet water and local drink suspected to have been prepared with expired and adulterated products. The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, on Monday, said it was investigating the cause. NAFDAC said it had collected water samples and flavour products for laboratory analysis, following the outbreak of the yet-to-be ascertained infectious disease in the Kano metropolis, NAN reported. The…

Danish health authorities said Thursday they were temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as a precaution after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab. The move comes “following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine”, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement. But it cautiously added that “it has not been determined, at the time being, that there is a link between the vaccine and the blood clots”. Austria announced on Monday that it had suspended the use of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines after a 49-year-old nurse…

COVID-19: Nigeria records 927 recoveries — highest single-day count this week The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 394 fresh COVID-19 cases across 17 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Wednesday. Also, 927 new recoveries were confirmed on Wednesday — making it the highest number of patients discharged in the week as the agency recorded 230 recoveries on Sunday, 461 on Monday, and 554 on Wednesday. With this, Nigeria’s total recovery tally currently stands at 139,983. The new positive samples remained on a low side, however, Wednesday’s data recorded the highest single-day count since on Sunday. At…