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
By Vivian Ihechu The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says it has consistently supported member states to develop robust responses to recurrent and emerging health threats. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General, Africa CDC, made this known in his speech to mark the seventh anniversary ofContinue Reading
FCT health department sensitises students to NTDsContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the national average Cost of a Healthy Diet for one adult per day was ₦703 in October 2023. Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, the Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the NBS, said this at the unveiling of Continue Reading
