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Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Uniosun, Professor Clement Adebooye has begged newly inducted nurses of the school not to run away from the country. Speaking at the 3rd induction/Oath taking ceremony of 40 newly registered nurses of the institution, he pleaded with the nurses to stay back and contribute to the development of the nation’s health sector. While stressing the need for government at various levels to create an enabling environment for health workers to thrive in the country, he urged the new inductees to be part of the development process in the country. “With your performances in this profession you can go anywhere in the world but I will prefer if you stay in Nigeria. I know you want to leave this country. Nigeria will be better. “We have to build the spirit of patriotism in the nation. All we have to do is to replicate the conditions that exist over there in our own society otherwise, we will be losing them because the constitution does not prevent anybody from...

Some members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Katsina branch on Wednesday protested because of a police officer, who assaulted a nurse on duty. Katsina Post reports that one Umar Kanada, a duty nurse at Accident and Emergency unit of General Amadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital (GARSH) Katsina was allegedly beaten by some police officers who said to have brought accident victims to the hospital. Narrating the incidence with dismay, Nurse Kamaluddeen Kabir, the NANNM chairman GARSH said it is disheartened a security officer to harass health worker on duty whose mandate is to save lives. Kamaluddeen, who complained of the frequent assault on health workers by security personnel said it was becoming a menace in the health sector. He said health workers were severally assaulted and intimidated by security officers while in the hospital, adding that the menace had so much affected the productivity of the affected workers. “We, the health workers say this is unac...

Nurses under the aegis of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA) have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to reconsider its recent scrapping of internship position as a post that attracts grade level in the Civil Service.In a joint statement by its National President, Chief (Hon). Solomon E. O. Egwuenu, and its Ag. National Secretary, Nurse Philip O. Eteng, the association said that such a move may be good for other sectors of the economy but certainly not for the health sector.According to the association, the period of internship is the most critical period of training of the healthcare professionals be it the nurse, the doctor, the pharmacist, or the Medical Lab Scientist. It is at this period that the foundation for practice is laid. Toying with such programme amounts to toying with the foundation; a house built on a faulty foundation is doomed to fail.The statement read, “The bulks of the healthcare professionals that constitute the interns are a crit...

Nigerian nurses fleeing to UK hit 4yr high  Only 20 Nigeria-trained nurses joined the UK nursing workforce between the six-months of October 2015 and March 2016. Four years later in the same period of 2020, the number jumped to 444, the highest number of Nigeria-trained nurses joining in a six-month period. Presently, there are 3,767 Nigeria-trained nurses on the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of the United Kingdom. While they are still not as much as medical doctors who have left Nigeria, the departure pace has quickened in recent years and if not for COVID-19, the exodus by end of 2020 would have been more significant. BusinessDay analysis of the NMC UK’s register for the last five years and interviews with Nigerian nurses (already in the UK and planning to leave) show a steady but overlooked trend over the years. Medical doctors are not the only ones leaving Nigeria, and while their departure has received more coverage, other health workers are leaving too. As a...

The Honourable Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olurunnimbe Mamora has on 8th December, 2020, commissioned a newly completed Medical Laboratory extension building and a Dialysis/VIP Amenity building at Federal Medical Centre Keffi.  Dr. Mamora while commending the Centre for its milestone achievement, attributed the success of the Centre to the relatively peaceful environment that it operates within. He said that peace in any establishment is vital for meaningful development, growth, partnership and cooperation. He urged the Medical Director and his team to do more to attain the next level agenda of Mr. President in the health sector and leave a legacy for his team to be remembered for.  Dr. Mamora thanked the host community and the State Government for their cooperation and partnership with FMC Keffi because “without peaceful co-existence this wouldn’t have been a reality.” Earlier, the Medical Director, FMC Keffi, Dr. Yahaya Adamu said on his assumption of duty, the Centre was confr...

Dr. Osagie Ehanire commissions FMC Keffi’s IDC, he charges Board and Management: “This Centre must not be allowed to fall into disuse.” Friday, 5th December, 2020, Keffi, Nassarawa State: The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire while commissioning the Infectious Disease and Treatment Centre of the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi brought into existence by the NCDC, has charged the Board and Management of the Hospital not to allow the Centre to fall into disuse: “This Centre must not be allowed to fall into disuse”, the Honourable Minister charged. Dr. Ehanire also charged the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi and other Teaching Hospitals in the country to note three key areas to focus on: That they must prioritize infectious disease control as being critical; they must strengthen their role of health security, by which he explained that building a standard centre where infectious disease treatment can be provided means bringing care closer to the people; and they must learn f...

Alfred Aderibigbe, the nurse who treated late Senator Isiaka Adeleke before his death on April 23, 2017, has been discharged and acquitted by an Osun State Court An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Thursday, set the nurse free. Then governor, Rauf Aregbesola had set up a coroner inquest to look into the cause of the death of Senator Adeleke. The panel’s findings showed that Adeleke died of drug overdose coupled with an aspiration of gastric content. The coroner inquest was headed by Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, who revealed said the deceased had an administration of an overdose of sedative and analgesia by unqualified personnel, Alfred Aderibigbe, through intravenous means, which action was hastened by the presence of alcohol in the system. Senator Adeleke had patronised the Aderibigbe for over 20 years, taking treatment from him without a doctor’s prescriptions. Ayilara indicted Aderibigbe as unqualified personnel and recommended that the Department of Public Prosecutions sh...

The Federal Medical Center Keffi today unveiled the new Standard Operating Procedure and Drug Policy for the hospital. Performing the launching and unveil of the new document, the Medical Director Dr Adamu Baba urged members of the hospital community to abide by the new policy document. Find pictures below

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) , Plateau state chapter has called on federal, and state government to urgently look into keep areas affecting Nursing and the health industry in the state and country as a whole. Speaking at the public lecture to mark the year of the Nurse, the NANNM chairman Plateau state Comrade Nurse Briskila Dabit, made key demands which government must put in place to facilitate uptimum service delivery to those in need. Bellow is her speech "I am happy and full of joy to have witnessed this great event. As we all know, the year 2020 was declared by World Health Organization as year of the Nurse and midwife, we started the celebration yesterday with a press conference and later paid a visit to CLAPAI orphanage where we donated food items and toiletries to help take care of the children. As we continue today's event with lectures on carefully selected topics and guest speakers with verse experience in the chosen topics. I ur...