LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operations at the oncology department of National Hospital Abuja were temporarily disrupted on Monday following a fire outbreak that forced the evacuation of patients and health workers from the affected section. The incident, reportedly caused by an electrical fault, was however brought under control before it extended to other parts of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Mohammed Adamu has exempted all essential workers from the restriction of movements, associated with the gradual easing of COVID -19 lockdown across the Federation. The exemption, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Frank Mba include: the Medical Personnel, Firefighters, Ambulance Services journalists, among…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Medical experts at a tertiary health institution in Kaduna State are now working round the clock to unveil the circumstances leading to the total blindness of 10 out-patients after they were injected with a drug the same day. The victims, who are regular patients of the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, became totally…