Sanwo-Olu has told hospital patients in Alimosho to get their hopes up as the Yuletide season signals hope of quick recovery for them. Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged patients of Alimosho General Hospital not to be depressed by their health state or for not being able to celebrate … Read more
Patients have groaned as health workers shutdown institution. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Patients at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, were on Monday left unattended as members of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, shut down the institution. The aggrieved workers locked the major entrances, thus preventing all other workers … Read more
Nurses have announced date to begin warning strike. EKO HOT BLOG reports that National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has said its members will begin a three-day warning strike from Jan. 10. Chairman, NANNM, Lagos Council, Mr Olurotimi Awojide, made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. Read Also: Two Haitian … Read more
Police operatives have allegedly attacked a female doctor and patients at Abuja hospital. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a doctor and some patients have claimed to have been assaulted by security operatives at Maitama General Hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This online news platform reports that Dr. Okpalla Adaeze, one of the victims, … Read more
The Lagos State Government says it has successfully managed a total of 4,873 home-based coronavirus patients, through its EKOTELEMED service.
Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General for Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that 90 percent of persons who test positive for COVID-19 tend to recover without any intervention. He made this known at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) in Abuja. Reacting to reports of Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde’s one-week recovery … Read more
A German nurse that has been confirmed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country’s post-war history was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday for killing 85 patients in his care. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann called Niels Hoegel’s killing spree “incomprehensible”. The 42-year-old murdered patients selected at random with lethal injections between 2000 and 2005 … Read more