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Australia Woos Junior Doctors With £130,000 Annually, 20 Days Off A Month

LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junior doctors are being lured to Australia with job adverts promising A$240,000 (£127,600) salaries and 20 days off a month to “travel, swim and surf in the sun”. In a reference to the popular autobiography and TV series This is Going to Hurt, which was written by Dr Adam Kay, a former […]

May 4 2023 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Killer Cough Syrup That Has Killed Six Children

LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians about a dangerous cough syrup called ‘Naturcold’ in circulation. According to reports, the syrup which is reportedly manufactured by Fraken Group, is believed to have caused the deaths of six children under the age of five at a […]

Apr 28 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

UK Stops Recruiting Doctors, Nurses, Other Health Workers From Nigeria, 53 Others

LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England. […]

Apr 10 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

German Doctors Are Attempting To Reverse Death By Bringing Dead Bodies Back To Life

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The waiting list for Tomorrow Biostasis, a cryopreservation startup based in Germany, is in the hundreds. And the company already has about 10 bodies preserved in a lab. What comes next is the real issue. According to a report from Tech.Eu, the company’s “standby ambulance” has already been busy, with cofounder Emil […]

Feb 9 2023 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

New Infection Of Nose And Throat Kills 25 People In Nigeria

LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Friday confirmed the outbreak of a new infection of the nose and throat, otherwise known as Diphtheria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in a public health advisory issued Friday morning, confirmed that not less than 25 people have reportedly died from the disease in Kano State, […]

Jan 20 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

World Health Organisation WHO Recommends Use Of facemasks As COVID-19 Spreads

LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Health Organisation has recommended the use of facemasks by the public in specific situations. The WHO issued the update given the current spread of COVID-19 globally. The agency notes that masks are recommended following recent exposure to COVID-19, when someone has or suspects they have COVID-19, when someone is at […]

Jan 17 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

JAPA: Over 150 Nurses Left LASUTH For Overseas Within Three Years

LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH on Tuesday said the hospital lost about 150 nurses to Japa syndrome in three years even as it maintained that the hospital has been repositioned to reduce medical tourism. At a press briefing tagged: “First briefing of the Chief Medical Director on […]

Jan 12 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Peter Obi Off-Sets Medical Bill Of Abandoned Patient

LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has paid about N1 million to off-set medical bill of Mrs Blessing Usulor, a resident of Enugu, abandoned in a hospital. Usulor, in June 2022, was rushed to the Hopecare Medical Centre, Enugu by her neighbours when she slumped in her […]

Jan 6 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

NCNC Monitors COVID-19 Trends In China, US, UK, Other Countries With High Volume Of Traffic

LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The NCDC-led COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is monitoring COVID-19 trends in China, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa, India, and other countries with a high volume of traffic to and from Nigeria. This includes the resurgence of COVID-19 in China following the relaxation of the […]

Jan 6 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Nigeria Records New Cases Of COVID-19 In FCT, Lagos, Delta Plateau States

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the last week of December 2022. It stated on its website on Wednesday that 22 of the cases were recorded in the FCT; 10 were recorded in Lagos State; two were recorded in Delta, while one was […]

Jan 5 2023 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »