Lagos State to absorb House Officers directly from NYSC
The Lagos State ggovernment's drive to ensure her hospital facilities are fully functional and manned by trained staff may have prompted the government to reach out to the National Youth Service Corp for a seamless appointment of House Officers into her secondary health facilities.
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BREAKING: President Buhari Travels to the UK for Medical Check-up.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday.
The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President...
Nigeria Invokes Quarantine Act to Lockdown her major cities.
Currently, a lockdown subsists in Nigeria's major cities including Lagos, Abuja, etc.
The government is relying on the provisions of the Quarantine Act to prevent a further spread of COVID19 that has since been declared a global pandemic.
The quarantine act prescribes a 6-month jail...
NMA NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION 2019 – See Details for Participation.
The Nigerian Medical Association, in pursuance of academic excellence and best practices, is organizing her National Medical Essay competition for all bonafide NMA members.
a) Introduction – The NMA 2019/20 Essay Competition is designed to address burning issues affecting health policies and health care delivery in the Federal Republic of...
Nigeria’s COVID-19 Testing Capacity Hits 50,000.
On Nigeria’s testing capacity, Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Iheakwazu, who spoke at the daily briefing of the PTF in Abuja, said:
“On the Roche equipment, what we have at the moment in the country as we speak, is a capacity to test about 50,000. This is with...
House Officers: To move from your initial Internship Institution to another, you must pay.
The MDCN has observed that some house officers are now in the practice of resigning from their initial posting institution a few months into the Housemanship program.
Please be informed that the above practice is capable of invalidating the program's objectives/goals. It could also have serious adverse effects on...
Health News Watch: Africa’s most populous country gradually locks down to avert COVID-19 Spread.
Lagos is Nigeria's most developed and most populous state in the country.
It is also the state with the most recorded confirmed cases of covid19, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
But in a big country like Nigeria, where life is...
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Federal Government Issues Travel Ban over #COVID19.
The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the spread of the Coronavirus.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday.
The affected countries are the United State of America, the...
