Health

Zonal medial director thumbs up for Okowa's health policy, commitment to upgrading hospitals in Delta.   Not less than 15 persons have died under mysterious conditions in Ute Okpu and Idumesa, two communities in Ika North East, the local government area of the governor of Delta state, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. In a statement made available to journalists by the public relations officer of the state ministry of health, Donald Ojebo, the death was said to have occurred within the last two weeks in the two communities.   A team of health officials, led by the state commissioner for health, Mordi…

Beverage giant, Coca-Cola Foundation has provided over 400,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Nigerian health workers on the frontline of COVID-19 management in the country. Briefly the public, Nigeria Red Cross Society in partnership with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in a tweet noted that the procurement was crucial to give adequate protection to frontline workers, considering the risks they are exposed to. The PPEs, according to Coca- Cola, is to support the intervention efforts of the Nigerian Government and other key stakeholders to fight the COVID 19 pandemic. The PPEs comprise N95 respirators, surgical…