Category: Medical News

Lagos Shut Down Vedic Lifecare Hospital for Employing Foreign Nurses and Doctors

Lagos Shut Down Vedic Lifecare Hospital for Employing Foreign Nurses and Doctors

Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has shut down Vedic Lifecare Hospital, Lagos, for engaging foreign doctors and nurses who have not been certified to practice in Nigeria. The executive secretary of the...

Ghanaian Male Nurse Helps Woman Deliver her Baby in the Middle of the Road

Ghanaian Male Nurse Helps Woman Deliver her Baby in the Middle of the Road

*A male nurse at Amartey CHIPS in Kwahu District has won the admiration of many after delivering a pregnant woman in labour*William Otoo was seen attending to the pregnant woman who was lying in...

Employ Graduates to Address Nurses’ Shortage, NANNM Tells Ogun

Employ Graduates to Address Nurses’ Shortage, NANNM Tells Ogun

The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Roseline Solarin, has pleaded with the state government to give automatic employment to graduates from the state-owned College...

Nigeria Policemen Brutalise Nurse Attending To Patients For ‘Disobeying’ Order

Nigeria Policemen Brutalise Nurse Attending To Patients For ‘Disobeying’ Order

A nurse at the General Ahmadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital in Katsina State, Umar Lawal, has recounted his experience with police officers who allegedly assaulted him while at his duty post. The nurse, who spoke...

Social media users praise soldier for beating up 2 nurses & breaking one’s leg

Social media users praise soldier for beating up 2 nurses & breaking one’s leg

There are many hardworking and kind nurses working in various hospitals across the world to save lives, but it appears the attitudes of a few have given every other nurse a bad name, making...

Katsina nurses protest against alleged police assault of their colleague

Katsina nurses protest against alleged police assault of their colleague

Members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in Katsina State have protested against “incessant police assault’ on some of their members. They carried out the protest on Sunday to express displeasure...

Ethiopia Seeks Ghana Nursing Council’s Help to Conduct Online Licensing Exam

Ethiopia Seeks Ghana Nursing Council’s Help to Conduct Online Licensing Exam

An 8-member delegation from the Health Professionals Competency Assessment & Licensure Directorate of the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia has embarked on a one-week study tour at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) of...

Bowen University offers Employment to 5 Best Graduating Nursing Students

Bowen University offers Employment to 5 Best Graduating Nursing Students

The Bowen University, Iwo has offered automatic employment to five best graduating nursing students of the institution. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Joshua Ogunwole, made the announcement on Thursday at the 2nd Nursing...

Nursing Council, Parents, Commend Bowen For Employing 5 Nursing Graduates

Nursing Council, Parents, Commend Bowen For Employing 5 Nursing Graduates

Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, (NMCN) has applauded the authority of Bowen University, Iwo, headed by Professor Joshua Ogunwole for deeming it fit to offer immediate employment to five of its Nursing graduating...

Outstanding Kenyan Nurses to be Honoured During Beyond Zero Summit in December

Outstanding Kenyan Nurses to be Honoured During Beyond Zero Summit in December

Outstanding nurses from across the country will on 3rd December be feted for their role in the promotion of primary healthcare in Government-run levels 2 and 3 health facilities during this year’s Beyond Zero...