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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) run into troubled waters because it transformed from being a regulator to a fund manager, Health Maintainance Organisations (HMOs), under the aegis of Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN), have said.
A new survey by the Nigerian Polling organization (NOIPolls) and Nigeria Health Watch says that the country will need 10,605 new doctors annually to avert health challenges and meet current population growth rate of 3.5% yearly.
In a bid to measure the scope of the trend in emigration of the Nigerian healthcare workforce, particularly medical doctors that has been a lingering problem in the country, the organisations carried out the survey.
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, in collaboration with Lagos State government, has assured residents of Lagos State and Nigeria at large that the recent Lassa fever outbreak is under control and there is no cause for alarm.
Chief Medical Director (CMD), LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos yesterday, said there was need to inform the public that the hospital is committed to control the epidemic.
There is the fear of an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country as the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday confirmed that two patients treated have died within a few days of admission in the past one week.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, told journalists that the two patients who were at the advanced stage of the infection died despite efforts to save their lives.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has advised state governors to revamp and upgrade medical facilities in their respective Primary Healthcare Centres. Adewole gave the challenge on Tuesday in Calabar during the Cross River Health Summit organised by the Cross River State Government.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has assured of the commitment of his administration to provide comprehensive, affordable and qualitative healthcare for the people of the state.
The Rivers State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the shortage of manpower in the state. The NMA also expressed worry over the low enrolment of students into the medical field, noting that the situation was affecting the medical profession.
Patients at the General Hospital, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos have shown their discomfort on the reoccurring long queue of people waiting to see a doctor. He thinks the doctors are too few compared to the number of people they have to see.
Many people with arthritis dread the cooler months because it is literally a period they experience more pain. The increase in intensity of pain robs them of life’s simple pleasures. Even the basics of getting through the day, like getting into the commercial bus, lifting heavy bags or even climbing the stairs, can become sharp reminders of their limitations.
The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has disclosed that an estimated of 173, 660 persons were living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Edo State.More...
The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has expressed worry about the low coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) across the country.
It regretted that less than two per cent of Nigeria’s population has enrolled in the scheme, saying this is against what obtains in other African countries, particularly Ghana and Kenya, which it said have enrolled up to 69 per cent of their populations.
The high cost of duty paid on imported pharmaceutical products has been identified as a major factor making access to basic medicines difficult for Nigerians.
Speaking during a visit by members of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria to the office of World Wide Commercial Ventures Limited in Matori, Lagos, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Ananth Narayan, said that the duty charged on pharmaceutical products had jerked prices up thereby making them unaffordable.
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said residents with eye problems will soon get free surgery and glasses. Ipaye spoke at the kick off of a free eye surgery programme organised by The Collectives at Sagamu, Ogun State.
He said residents with cataract and glaucoma would be treated free. Ipaye said over 20,000 residents had benefited from a social health insurance scheme called Araya, where the government takes care of the less-privileged. He noted that about 24 health centres in the private and public sectors had already enlisted in the scheme, adding that the government pays the premium monthly.
The Guild of Medical Directors has expressed dissatisfaction with the current situation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and called for a speedy resolution of the face off between it and the Federal Ministry of Health.
