Lagos State Government says it has ordered investigation into the death of a child, and allegations of patients poaching by some doctors from the state General Hospitals to their private clinics.
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said that 20 victims of the Itafaji School building collapse were brought in dead to the General Hospital in Lagos.
Speaking at the official launch of the scheme held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Ambode said the decision to come up with the initiative, which had already been backed by a law enacted in May 2015 by the State House of Assembly, was inspired by the desire of government to provide access to affordable and quality healthcare services and truly bring about healthy population.
The Lagos State Government in partnership with nutrition stakeholders in the state will launch a first ever multimedia campaign to improve Infant and Young Child Feeding practices in the state.
In a statement on Sunday, the Lagos State Government said the inauguration of the State Biobank, located at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, where the isolation unit used by the State Government to contain the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak was located, would be performed by the duo.
The NMA Chairman, Dr Oseni Saliu, made the call at the annual Scientific Conference of the 2018 Physicians’ Week organised on Tuesday in Lagos.
Inaugurating the board, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, told the members to support the institution in formulating policies and decisions in line with the hospital’s vision and mission.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, who made the appeal, urged the doctors to consider the plight of the masses who always bear the burden of such actions.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, gave the assurance at the 6th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference organised by Nigerian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in Lagos.
In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said that 11 families had showed up at Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre for testing and only nine families had been matched.
The residents are from Ajeromi, Ifelodun, Ojo, Iba, Oto-Awori, Apapa, Iganmu, Lagos Mainland, Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki, Lekki, Oshodi, Isolo, Ejigbo, Eti-Osa, Eti-Osa East, Iru-Victoria Island and Ikoyi-Obalende local governments and local council development areas of the state.
The mission will offer free health services to residents, including consultation and treatment for common ailments, as well as screening for hypertension, diabetes, eye care and provision of eye glasses, dental care, family planning services, HIV counseling and testing amongst others.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said the programme, tagged “The Eko Mission, would hold between May 15 and August 31 in selected local government and local council development areas of the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, gave the assurance at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing at Alausa, Ikeja.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday that government was firming up arrangements to ensure the success of the scheme.
In a statement issued and signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, the state government noted that that the prevention and control of the disease remains a shared responsibility for all citizens through observance of the highest possible standards of personal and community hygiene as well as environmental sanitation.
Dr. Jide Idris, the State Commissioner for Health, who made the disclosure on Thursday at a news conference in Lagos, however, was not specific about the timing of the incident
The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed this while briefing Government House Correspondents after the weekly State Executive Council Meeting
“This is why need to be on the alert and observe a high degree of personal and environmental hygiene, especially during this season of celebrations, to prevent the disease from resurfacing in the country again
Speaking with newsmen at the premises of the IDH in Yaba on the development, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, said the four persons had earlier been taken into isolation after testing positive but have now tested negative and have been symptoms free for at least three days