HEALTHWISE

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government has commenced the sales of admission forms into its Colleges of Nursing Sciences in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, and Ilaro for the 2022/2023 academic session.  The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, in a press statement, revealed that the registration including procurement and filling of admission …

ABEOKUTA – A call has gone to Government at all levels to sustain donors’ supported health projects to enable more residents’ access efficient health care services. This indication emerged in Abeokuta during a close-out meeting organized by Pathfinder International, Nigeria, for Family Health Initiative Ogun (FAHIO), a Non-governmental advocacy working group …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Alternate Medicine Board has said that it will set up a task force to fish out uncertified traditionalists who are in the habit of rendering evil services to perpetrators of ritual killings and other social vices. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun West Project Forum, a sociocultural organization of Ogun West extraction has condemned in strong terms, the removal of hospital equipment donated by Unilever and Lafarge companies, respectively to the General Hospital, Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government. In a Press release made available to newsmen by the Publicity …

Opinion: BY: LATEEF AKINTUNDE One of the prayers for pregnant women in Western Nigeria is –  “Agbohun lya a gbohun Omo”. Meaning, the pregnant women shall successfully deliver their babies without a hitch. This emphasised the high value the society attached to the wellbeing of both the mother and their babies during …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has lauded the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) for its ingenuity for keying into its administration qualitative health care services. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Lateef Akintunde, Zonal Information Officer, …

ABEOKUTA – Chairman, Ogun State Alternate Medicine Board, Balogun (Dr.) Nurudeen Olaleye, has said that revamping sporting activities, particularly inter-house sport competitions in primary schools will engage learners positively and curb societal ills. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Dolapo …

ABEOKUTA – Resident Doctors in Ogun State have commended the governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun for stabilizing the health sector, particularly for implementing the Federal salary scale of its members and ensuring medical Doctors’ welfare and placements. The Doctors, under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors, Olabisi …

ABUJA – Dr Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc., has said that ending HIV in Nigeria is possible when Nigerians take responsibility collectively. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Abdul Imoyo {I}, Team Lead, Media Relations, Access Bank …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Primary Health Care Development Board has said that the AstraZeneca brand of COVID-19 vaccine is now available in all vaccination sites across the State. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker made this known in a chat with Press Officers, PHCDB, Mrs. Sola Ogunbanwo and Mrs. Yemisi …