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UPTH Denies Death Of 14 Incubated Babies Due To Power Outage

UPTH Denies Death Of 14 Incubated Babies Due To Power Outage

July 3, 2022 9:56 am

Whilst reporting to earlier rumours that some of the incubated infants in the Hospital had been killed after a massive power outage hit the institution, the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has put out a statement that completely denies these reports that the babies died due to a power outage.

The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Acting Public Relations Officer, Elabha Meni had issued a rebuttal at the weekend.

 

Admitting that there was a power failure, Meni said it was not true that 14 infants died at the health facility.

Meni accused “certain persons” of trying …

UN Condemns Rocket Attack On Tripoli Hospital

UN Condemns Rocket Attack On Tripoli Hospital

April 7, 2020 3:29 pm
The United Nations has condemned the shelling of a hospital in Tripoli, calling it a “clear violation of international law” as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.

On Monday, projectiles struck the grounds of the Al Khadra General Hospital located in an area held by the internationally recognised government near a front line, injuring at least six health workers.

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Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told a news conference held via video link that the

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Auto Industries Join Tight Race To Make Ventilators

Auto Industries Join Tight Race To Make Ventilators

April 1, 2020 5:59 pm

The automotive industry is offering its expertise and manpower to the hospital sector as it gears up to build mechanical ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, an initiative that is being met with some scepticism.

American auto manufacturers General Motors and Ford, French car companies PSA and Renault, Germany’s Volkswagen group and Formula 1 engineers have joined the ranks in response to a massive global shortage of the vital piece of medical equipment.

As hospitals around the world face a surge of patients with breathing difficulties from COVID-19, the scarcity of ventilators has forced doctors to make life-or-death decisions.

Repurposing car …

Arizona Man Dies After Taking Wrong Type Of Chloroquine

Arizona Man Dies After Taking Wrong Type Of Chloroquine

March 24, 2020 11:57 am

A Phoenix-area man is dead and his wife is under critical care after the two took chloroquine phosphate in an apparent attempt to self-medicate for the novel coronavirus, according to hospital system Banner Health.

It does not appear they took the pharmaceutical version of the drug, but rather “an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks,” Banner Health said in a statement.
Though Banner did not provide additional details, NBC News spoke to the wife, who said they learned of chloroquine’s connection to coronavirus during a President Donald Trump news conference, which “was on a lot actually.”
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Another Federal Lawmaker Dies In Dubai Hospital

January 1, 2020 9:37 am

Member representing Garki/Babura federal House of Representatives, Hon. Adamu Muhammad Fagen-Gowo, is dead.

NAN gathered that Fagen-Gowo died at the age of 74 in Dubai Hospital after battling leg problems, which he travelled for medical attention.

His death was confirmed to NAN by a relative of the deceased, Muhammad Had Inuwa(Walwala).

He said the deceased left behind 10 children and two wives.

The Federal lawmaker was elected as a member of Federal House of Representatives representing Garki/Babura in 2015 and was reelected for a second term in the 2019 general election.

Also, the chairman of the All Progressives Party in …

4 UNIPORT Teaching Hospital Nurses Die In Six Months

December 22, 2019 1:39 pm

National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has raised concern that it lost four Chief Nursing Officers within six months due to stress from work overload.

Chairman of the Association in UPTH, MacDonald Uchendu, said the affected Nursing Officers were within the ages of 48 and 56 years.
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She complained that they were understaffed and urged the management to look into the matter of recruitment of more nurses.

Investigation revealed that due to a recent directive by the management to all heads …

46 Doctors Resign From Ojukwu Teaching Hospital

December 12, 2019 11:39 am

No fewer than 46 medical doctors have resigned from the Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, over poor condition of service.

They were made up of 10 consultants and 36 resident doctors.

The university’s chairman of the Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria, Dr Chukwudi Okani, stated this on Wednesday in Awka, the Anambra State capital.

He said the doctors were “frustrated out of the system because of poor management in the last one year and many more are seriously searching for better places to go.”

He said COOUTH had the worst condition of service amongst teaching …

Hospital Linked To Okorocha Forfeited To Federal Govt

December 7, 2019 2:49 am

Okorocha forfeits state-of-the art hospital to Federal Government

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC secured another victory Friday in its campaign against grand corruption in public service as Justice T.G Ringin of a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, ordered the final forfeiture of a hospital linked to former governor Rochas Okorocha.

Dews of Hope Hospital, located in the heart of Imo capital of Owerri Dews of Hope Hospital is a N1.5 Billion state-of-the-art 200-bed hospital, whose ownership was denied by a former aide to Okorocha.
The forfeiture came a day after the commission secured the conviction and sentencing …

Ikhana Discharged From Hospital After Hip Surgeries

December 3, 2019 2:18 pm

Former Enyimba International Football Club and Super Falcons coach, Kadiri Ikhana has been discharged from Alliance hospital where he successfully underwent two hip replacement surgeries, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

According to BSNSports.com, an Abuja based hospital, Alliance hospital had offered to treat the former CAF Champions League winner with Enyimba FC for free when he cried for help following his hip injury without anyone coming to his rescue.

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Kadiri had the second hip replacement surgery on Friday and was released on Sunday.

Ikhana will be back to the Hospital today for …

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Doctor’s Decomposing Body Found In Hospital Months Later

November 27, 2019 12:25 pm

Police in Anambra state have discovered the dead and decomposing body of a 65-year-old medical doctor in his hospital, months after he died.

The medical doctor, Dr Gilbert Afam Gini is said to be occupying two flats, which he uses to run his hospital, Santa Cruz clinic at No 9 Eze Crescent Ezinifite Okpuno, near Awka.

A press statement by the Police PRO in Anambra, SP Haruna Mohammed stated that one Barr Duke Onyebuchi Ezeonwuka discovered the body on Tuesday when he visited the property which he manages and found it locked, and a strong stench emanating from it.

Haruna …

NY: 5 Cops In Hospital After Suspect Kicks Table Of Heroin

November 8, 2019 4:28 pm

Five police officers were hospitalized after a suspected drug dealer kicked over a table covered in heroin during a raid at a Bronx home, sending powder into the air, cops said Friday.

Police were executing a search warrant at the Willis Ave. address near E. 140th St. in Mott Haven about 7:30 p.m. Thursday when one of the drug dealers flipped the table, authorities said.

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With so much powder floating in the air, the five officers were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for exposure for heroin

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Nigerian Lady Dies After Hospital Rejects Her - Othniel

Nigerian Lady Dies After Hospital Rejects Her – Othniel

October 24, 2019 5:51 am

In a recent tweet, a man named Othniel Anselm narrated how a drunk driver hit his sister and her friend in a tricycle, popularly known as “Keke”, the Keke driver died immediately, however, his sister and her friend were alive and rushed to the hospital.

“The drunk driver whose birthday was on Sunday, confessed to be drunk after celebrating overnight. He survived the accident. The keke driver died on the spot.”

The two ladies were rejected in the federal hospital they rushed them to because it was not the police who brought them in.

“Sissy and her friend were still

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