By Abujah Racheal The Forum of CEOs of State Social Health Insurance Agencies in the country, says Nigeria has made significant progress toward achieving universal health coverage by establishing state social health insurance schemes. The Chairman of the forum, Dr Simeon Onyemaechi, who is also the Managing Director/CEO of AnambraContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Mr Runcie Chidebe, the Executive Director of Project Pink Blue, an NGO dedicated to cancer awareness, has called on the Federal Government to take swift action in reactivating all cancer treatment centres across Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday after a road walk to mark the 2024Continue Reading
By Folasade Akpan More than 500 personnel of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), left its services in search of greener pastures in the last two years, its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Mahmud Raji, has disclosed. Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that mostContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Mahmud Raji, Chief Medical Director of National Hospital (NHA), Abuja, has advised the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to review insurance tariffs to reflect current realities. “The premium should be reviewed upward to reflect the times and give better coverage to enrollees,” Raji told the NewsContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Muhammad Raji, Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), says Nigerian universities are still very good choices for the study of medicine. Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, that medical graduates from the West African nation wereContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Muhammad Raji, Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, on Sunday dismissed allegations that the facility was fond of turning back patients in critical conditions. “The National Hospital doesn’t reject patients. It cannot do that,” Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Chief Medical Director, National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Prof. Muhammad Raji, says the facility’s initial mandate of taking care of women and children’s medical needs has been expanded to include the nation’s President. Raji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja thatContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Chief Medical Director, National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Prof. Muhammad Raji, on Sunday said the hospital’s In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Cancer centres had recorded huge successes over time. Mahmud disclosed this in Abuja, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to him,Continue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola A Consultant Radiation and Clinical Oncologist, Dr Anthonia Sowumi, says concerted effort is required to reverse the trend of poor survival and the increasing death ratio of liver cancer in Nigeria. Sowumi, Associate Professor at the NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre, said this during the Association of RadiationContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Dr Michael Kunnuji of Sociology Department, University of Lagos, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to establish functional clinics in all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kunnuji made the call in Lagos at the presentationContinue Reading
