Ahmad’s wife is an expectant mother, and as is the usual practice, the private hospital where she attends ante-natal care asked him to donate blood for her. He got a pint of blood from the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC)…
In July 2020, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State handed over a 160-bed capacity hospital to the Federal University of Lafia, to be used as a teaching hospital. The federal university, which was established in 2010, had since taken off…
Persistent brain drain by doctors is depleting the country’s medical care expertise and taking the country farther away from the recommended number of doctors per population, medical associations and experts have said. Their position faulted the claim by the Minister…
There are growing concerns over conflicting medical test results from private and public medical laboratories in the country. Findings reveal that this has left in its wake, deaths and negative implications on the treatment and management of patients, as well…
There are growing concerns over rising kidney-related cases in Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, and Kano states. Findings across the four states revealed that more people are increasingly coming down with the disease, and being hospitalized across the four states. People suffering…
Severe acute malnutrition has continued to ravage children in conflict settings, such as Borno State in North East, Nigeria, as well as Hajjah and Hodeida governorates in Yemen. In some cases, children under five, who were treated and discharged from…
Despite the huge availability of vitamin-enriched and energy-boosting food supplements known as ready-to-use therapeutic food specially designed to address acute malnutrition, many children suffering from the case don’t have access to it. This is against the backdrop of brazen illegal…
Lokoja resident, Hassan, 41, was hospitalized after taking few tablets from a pack of food supplements he had ordered via the internet. He purchased it following adverts he had seen on the social media that the food supplement helped in…
Accessing basic healthcare comes with a great cost for residents of Hungu, a village in Kano State, as they make do with a dilapidated primary health care centre with inadequate facilities. Hungu is a farming community with thousands of inhabitants.…
Many patients are losing their lives in hospitals because they cannot afford medical oxygen, investigation by Daily Trust Saturday revealed. Patients with certain complications like acute pneumonia, COVID—19, heart disease among others sometimes require the support of medical oxygen to…
