A civil servant, Kola Adewuyi, who was in one of the hospitals, said he came to see a pathologist to get the result of a test he carried out two days earlier
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In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, the Governor would on June 14, participate in a #GivingTuesday event being pioneered by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP-Nigeria), a group in the forefront of the war against cancer
The Executive Director of Global Fund, Dr. Mark Dybul, remarked that the proposed grant to the health sector in Lagos State is to fight the scourge against HIV/AIDS
“The association wishes to state that, only members whose salaries are paid in full (with100% skipping) are exempted from starting the strike on June 9, following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaking during the parley to mark the first year of the Assembly, Obasa said the Lagos State Water Corporation not only needs chemicals to make clean water available to the people of the State, but new and modern equipment
The Lagos State Government in response to these petitions as well as an open petition sent by one Wisdom Uzoma, a resident of the area, to Ambode, published in The Punch of June 7, 2016, has shut down the pig farm and confiscated some of the animals in the farm
The NMA noted that the non-payment of salary in Bayelsa State since January 2016 had taken a negative toll on the health sector as residents could no longer afford to seek medical attention and compelled to either patronise quacks or resort to self medication
He said: “Sixteen out of 58 federal tertiary institutions or centres were exempted from the initial centre-based strike for the commitment of the Chief Medical Director of the hospitals to implement the Federal Government’s directives.”
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Femi Onanuga, paid unscheduled visit to PHCs in Epe to understudy their workings, shortcomings and find ways to salvage situations in them.
He said: “One of the major challenges is unrest in the health sector where the health personnel always go on strike to press for their demands.
“When medical workers go on strike, people will lose their lives and it will damage the reputation of this country
She said the benefits farmers would get from the use of genetically modified crops would significantly outweigh the savings they would make without them
She said: “Sickle cell anaemia is a disease of the black people and we do know that if we do not pay attention to that the outside world will not do it for us
The statement said Ngige prevailed on labour unions in the Ministry of Health to shelve their industrial action and allow the Permanent Secretary, Amina Shamaki, to return to duty
A joint report published on Saturday by the UNEP and INTERPOL stated that in 2014, the environmental crimes value ranged from between $70 billion and $213 billion
Rudman, while discussing on the topic: “Status update of IPv6 in the spectrum,” added that the country had adopted the version, but regrettably internet networks operators had partial usage of the version
Saraki, who spoke at the public hearing on a Bill for an Act to Amend the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods Act, added that such convicts could be fined up to N2 million
Steiner said: “Today marks a historic step toward improving the situation of the Ogoni people who have paid this high price for too long.
“A clean-up and restoration effort like this cannot happen overnight
He explained that polythene bags contain cancerous materials that are harmful to the body, adding that some of the properties of the polythene bags, made of synthetic petroleum materials, melt into the water after sun ray or heat exposure
Supporting the passage of the bill, the Chairman of the assembly’s Committee on Health, Silas Okunola, said the bill was necessary for regulating smoking in designated places, including shopping centres, restaurants, public toilets and cinemas
According to the Panteleenkos, who are both animal trainers, Stepan has developed the gentlest temperament as he has been domesticated from a very young age