LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said its findings showed that Noah Kekere, who was arrested for allegedly removing a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State, is not a medical doctor. A Jos-based businessman, Kamal Busari, had accused Dr Kekere of removing his wife’s kidney without his knowledge. The victim, Mrs Kehinde Kamal,…
By Amos Odeh The Bayelsa State Government has indicated its readiness to pay special allowances to frontline health workers combating the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Governor Douye Diri gave the indication on Tuesday at a meeting with representatives of labour unions including the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and Association of Resident Doctors in…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association has asked the federal government to learn from Ghana whose coronavirus cases hiked by 100% in just a week after the leadership eased lockdown in the country. The NMA President, Francis Faduyile,said this in a statement warning that the timing of FG’s decision to ease lockdown was not…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian doctors may start refusing to attend to patients with Lassa fever if they are not provided with the right equipment to protect themselves. Dr Mike Ozovehe Ogirima, president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), told BBC Yoruba that eight doctors had died of the disease since the beginning of the year…
