19 illegal hospitals closed down in Delta

The Delta state government through its Ministry of Health, has sealed 19 illegal private hospitals in the Delta North Senatorial District.

Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Daniel Omodon, who disclosed this in Asaba, on Tuesday, said that the closure was aimed at improving the quality of healthcare delivery in the state. He said that the exercise would continue next…

829429 patients attended FCT hospitals in 2012

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has disclosed that its 12 districts and general hospitals provided health services to no fewer than 829,429 patients in 2012.

The Secretary, FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr. Demola Onakomaiya, stated this yesterday at a meeting with some senior staff of the secretariat.

He explained that out of this number, 300,181 were male patients while…

Pregnant Women Decry Illegal Fees In Delta Hospitals

The Delta State government free maternal and child healthcare programme is being made a mockery by workers at the Sapele Central Hospital, who allegedly extort patients by demanding the payment of illegal levies from them.

Findings by the reporter showed that the workers charge between N6,000 and N7,000 from the patients and issued fake receipts allegedly sent by the state government.

Some…

Hypothermia rarely used in the U.S. hospitals to reduce heart attack cases

Therapeutic hypothermia has been proven to reduce mortality and improve neurologic outcomes after a heart attack, yet it was rarely used in a sample of more than 26,000 patients, according to a study published in Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available at www.liebertpub.com/ther

Therapeutic hyperthermia was used in only 0.35%…

Lagos State Doctors On Strike…State Government Offered To Pay Bills Of Patients Referred From Its Hospitals To Private Hospitals

As the strike called by the Medical Guild, doctors under employment of Lagos State Government enters its third day; the State government has offered to pick up the bills of patients referred from its hospitals to private hospitals.

To this end, the state government has identified some private hospitals that could offer secondary care to serve as rescue centres for…