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Nigeria’s twin Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta A report in the Nigerian Journal of Cardiology in 2021 indicates that, heart or cardio vascular diseases involving the heart and blood vessels, particularly obesity-induced hypertension, are rampaging among the youth in the country. Cardiologists or medical doctors who specialised in the treatment of heart diseases …

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Nigeria’s lone Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory 

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta A report in the Nigerian Journal of Cardiology in 2021 indicates that, heart or cardio vascular diseases involving the heart and blood vessels, particularly obesity-induced hypertension, are rampaging among the youth in the country. Cardiologists or medical doctors who specialised in the treatment of heart diseases …

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Urgent Call to Protect Vulnerable Women: Activist Advocates Evacuation of Mentally Ill from Streets Amidst Heightened Risk of Assaults and Ritual Crimes

By; Imrana Abdullahi, Kaduna North west Nigeria Human rights activist and peace ambassador, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani, made a call on Friday for the protection of mentally ill women who roam the streets, safeguarding them from rapists and ritualists. She also urged authorities to evacuate these women and provide them with …

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Repositioning Nigeria’s Health Sector

  By Pharmacist Zainab Ujudud Shariff   The health care subsector should be given close strong, sincere and genuine attention by the administation of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to make it function adequately enough to enhance the wellbeing of Nigerians.   The sector can possibly be repostioned for greater effectiveness …

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A CASE FOR MEDICAL JOURNALISM

  By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta   The practice of journalism has deep and firm roots in Nigeria: it is like a big tree with many branches.   Some of the branches focused on sports, politics, finance and the economy, aviation, energy, entertainment, education, agriculture, maritime services and even journalism itself. …

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KATSINA IZALA GROUP CONSTRUCTS EYE HOSPITAL

  Work has been progressing steadily at the site for the construction of Eye Specialist Hospital by the Katsina Izalatul Bid’ah Eye Foundation. The Chairman of the Foundation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dabo Bujawa disclosed this shortly after a meeting of members of the Foundation at the site of the project along …

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