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VISIT ONLY QUALIFIED EYE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, GOV. UDUAGHAN ADVISES NIGERIANS

Posted by admin on Thursday, 19 February 2015 in Health 2228 Reads

BY OMOS OYINBODE, ASABA Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has urged Nigerians to ensure that their eye healthcare is carried out only by qualified professionals to avoid complications which might lead to blindness. The governor, who gave the advice when members of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN), Delta State Chapter, visited him, said that people ...

Lion Club Donates Eye Equipment to Warri Central Hospital

Posted by admin on Thursday, 15 January 2015 in Health 2291 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The International Association of Lions Clubs District 404 Nigeria, yesterday donated eye equipment used to measure eye pressure (a Pulsair Intellipuff Tonometer), to the Warri Central Hospital, Delta State. L-R: Dr. Kingsley Agholor, Medical Director of Warri Central Hospital, Mr. Samuel Ekpuk , Multiple Council Chairperson, District 404 Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs.) Ejegi and ...

How I walked through the Valley of Death and Came Out Unscathed – Ebola Survivor, Dr. Igonoh

Posted by admin on Thursday, 18 September 2014 in Health 1768 Reads

Dr. Ada Igonoh of First Consultants Hospital is one of the doctors who attended to Patrick Sawyer. She eventually got infected with the virus but miraculously survived. Dr. Ada Igonoh shared her very moving, gripping story with BellaNaija and it is a must read, guys. Story is very long but gosh, you have to read this!!! ...

TAMING THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Health 1939 Reads

BY PATRICK OKPOMU It came like a thief in the night, unannounced but deadly. And since its secret arrival, death has been stalking the land, leaving fear, sorrow and tears in its wake. Yet only a few days ago, a fellow African country, who shares no immediate border with us and whose health infrastructure is nowhere as ...

President Jonathan Declares National Emergency On Ebola, Approves N1.9 Billion Special Intervention Fund

Posted by admin on Friday, 08 August 2014 in Health 1363 Reads

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT JONATHAN DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON EBOLA, APPROVES N1.9 BILLION SPECIAL INTERVENTION FUND President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Friday in Abuja declared the control and containment of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, a National Emergency. President Goodluck Jonathan Accordingly, the President has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to work in collaboration with the State Ministries of Health, the ...

Cholera Outbreak In Borno State: Five Persons Dead

Posted by admin on Monday, 04 August 2014 in Health 1391 Reads

At least five persons have died of a cholera outbreak at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Biu town, southern area of Borno State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Saturday. A statement by the agency’s Northeast Zone Maiduguri Office, signed by the zonal information officer, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, attributed the fatalities to cholera. The camp ...

Vet Doctors Call For Laws To Check Abuse Of Animals

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 28 May 2014 in Health 1849 Reads

By Our Correspondent Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, Delta State Chapter, has called on the State House of Assembly to enact laws that will give legal right to people to institute legal actions for and on behalf of animals treated with cruelty. The association which made the call on the ...

Free Medical Health Care Programme Ends in Igbide

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 in Health 3484 Reads

Dr. Joseph Otumara, Commissioner for Health, Delta State. A week-long free medial health care programme in Isoko South Local Government Area came to a close today at Igbide. Our Correspondent reports that hundreds of people in the local government area turned out enmasse to benefit from the programme. The free medical team including a heart specialist and ...

POLIO ERADICATION: GOVERNOR UDUAGHAN SETS THE PACE

Posted by admin on Friday, 27 September 2013 in Health 2531 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has flagged-off the 2013 third quarter Polio Eradication Sensitization campaign, saying that the State was committed to maintaining its polio-free status in the country. Governor Uduaghan of Delta State (middle) Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon Ndudi Elumelu (left) and Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph ...

TOMPOLO TAKES OVER ABANDONED OKERENKOKO COTTAGE HOSPITAL

Posted by admin on Sunday, 14 April 2013 in Health 4648 Reads

TEJIRI EBIKEME WARRI Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, Commissioner representing the Ijaw nationality in DESOPADEC cutting the tape to re-commission the once abandoned Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital as Comrade Paul Bebenimibo (Left), Executive Secretary Tompolo Foundation, Comrade Monday Mieyefa, Vice Chairman, Okerenkoko Federated Communities and others look on. THE joy of the people of over 12 riverine oil producing ...

Tompolo Foundation Donates Medical Items To Ogulagha General Hospital

Posted by admin on Monday, 18 March 2013 in Health, News 4772 Reads

TEJIRI EBIKEME – WARRI MEDICAL items running into millions of naira have been donated to the Ogulagha General Hospital in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State by Tompolo Foundation with a promise to do more in the days and months ahead. But the community appealed to the State Government to provide the Hospital with adequate manpower. Presenting ...

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