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Pharmacists back lawmakers on bill to reconstitute teaching hospital boards
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The Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria has commended the recent move by the Federal House of Representatives to pass a bill that would reconstitute the governing boards of Federal University Teaching Hospitals.
A statement issued by CPAN National Chairman, Dr. Joseph Madu, disclosed that the proposed bill is long overdue, stressing that it should not be delayed anymore.
Tagged ‘A Bill for an Act to amend the University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards etc.) Act Cap U15 LFN 2004’, the proposed legislation, sponsored by Hon. Bamidele Salam, representing Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun state, seeks to restructure the composition of the governing boards of tertiary health institutions to make them more vibrant and efficient.
The bill, which had passed the second reading, also seeks to include pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists and other medical professionals in the board of tertiary hospitals.
According to Madu, the current legal regime which serves as a guide for the appointment of leaderships into tertiary hospitals has done more harm than good.
“The level of the unheard-of rivalry in our health care team is mainly because of the current laws guiding the appointment of the headship of our tertiary health institutions.
“The laws have done nothing but promote disharmony, and the end result has been Nigeria’s very poor health index, as well as very low life expectancy in the country,” he said.
Madu noted that it has become a trend for certain health care practitioners to threaten strike whenever fellow health professionals in other disciplines are promoted or appointed to a higher cadre in the health sector.
“We need to borrow a leaf from countries where things are working well. In those countries, headship is situational and based on competence.
“It is not the birthright of any particular professional as our laws have made it seem in the past decades. This is because the job of the head of a hospital is purely administrative.
“The bill will undoubtedly end interdisciplinary rivalry and disharmony within our tertiary health care institutions. It is in tandem with international best practices as seen in many countries like the UK, the US, France, etc,” he said.
Source: HealthWise
The President of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote has alerted that Nigeria may encounter scarcity in the supply of some food materials that are majorly imported from Russia and Ukraine in three months due to the ongoing war in the region.
The event also had in attendance the Minister for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Budget, Finance and National Planning represented by the permanent secretary, Mrs. Olusola Idowu, Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye among others.
Employ more ambulance operators, undertakers urge Lagos hospitals
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The Lagos State Association of Funeral Directors has called on hospitals in the state to acquire ambulance operators for prompt evacuation of emergency cases.
The President of the association, Mr. Boye Akinkunmi, made the call on Thursday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Isolo zone of the association in Lagos. Akinkunmi said every hospital needed ambulance operators to evacuate the human remains in hospitals and promptly attend to emergencies.
World Kidney Day: Drinking more water could help prevent kidney diseases –Dietician
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A dietician, Motunrayo Oduneye, says increased water intake improves kidney function and can also prevent kidney diseases. Oduneye, an Assistant Chief Dietician at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, stated this on Thursday in Ibadan while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Recall that the World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 to be the year of “Kidney Health for All”. Specifically, it calls on everyone to work to bridge the knowledge gaps to better kidney care.
Chairman of the Nigeria Optometric Association, Cross River Chapter, Dr. Onyebuchi Ndukwe, says that many Nigerians are losing their sight to glaucoma irreversibly due to ignorance. Ndukwe gave the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Friday while commemorating the 2022 World Glaucoma Week.
Glaucoma is an eye disorder that causes visual impairment as a result of its effect on the optical nerves that take pictures from the eye to the brain due to Intraocular Pressure. The expert said glaucoma which causes an irreversible loss of sight is called the silent thief of sight because it basically has no obvious symptoms for people to see.
Improper use of contact lenses can cause conjunctivitis, expert warns
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A Benin-based optometrist, Dr. Felix Adeyemi, has advised adults to stop the use of contact lenses to avoid contracting conjunctivitis. According to the eye care specialist, improper use of contact lenses can cause conjunctivitis and other eye conditions
Adeyemi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Thursday. Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is an inflammation or infection of the outer membrane of the eyeball and the inner eyelids.
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig has died two months after the medical milestone, the hospital that carried out the surgery said Wednesday.
The procedure raised hopes that advances in cross-species organ donation could one day solve the chronic shortage of human organs available for donation, and the team behind the operation say they are “optimistic” about its future success.
Fake nurse: Incident occurred at Randle General Hospital, not LASUTH -Official
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The management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja has refuted claims that the incident of a man caught while impersonating a nurse occurred at the hospital. Earlier on Wednesday, a viral video circulating on social media has shown how a dark-complexioned man was apprehended after allegedly trying to steal a baby at a Lagos hospital.
In the video, the man was seen wearing a nurse uniform while officials of the hospital and the Police were escorting and questioning him. The man who claimed he came from the Fadeyi area of Lagos, denied he had come to the hospital to steal babies.
The World Health Organisation says restricting access to abortions does not reduce the number of abortions that take place. WHO disclosed this in its newly released guidelines on abortion. The global health agency said the new guidelines are to help countries deliver lifesaving care, adding that restrictions are more likely to drive women and girls towards unsafe procedures.
The UN body noted that in countries where abortion is most restricted, only one in four abortions is safe, compared to nearly nine in 10 in countries where the procedure is broadly legal.
“What do I do if the victim is pregnant?” This is a common question that Emergency Care Instructors hear during CPR and AED topics. Just like with any other victim, it’s better to provide care than to do nothing at all. In fact, you won’t perform CPR or use the AED any differently than you would with a non-pregnant person.
Here’s some information to better understand how a woman’s body adapts during pregnancy and considerations to take when providing emergency care.
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Menstrual hygiene crucial to wellbeing, academic success of schoolgirls in Gombe –Group
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The African Centre for Women and Youth Sustainability has called for more attention on menstrual hygiene of indigent secondary school students in Gombe State, noting that it has become imperative for all stakeholders in the state to address the challenge.
According to the group, menstrual hygiene remains crucial to the well-being and academic success of indigent students in Gombe State. The group made the call on Tuesday when it visited Orji Secondary School, Gombe as part of activities to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the World Health Organisation have called on hunters not to track animals that appear sick or harvest those that are found dead.
According to the agencies, staying away from such animals will help to reduce the risk of transmitting coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, and other zoonotic pathogens from animals to humans. “Current evidence suggests that humans are not infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus by eating meat.
A new study conducted by scientists at Oxford University, United Kingdom has indicated that COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell.
The scientists, as reported by Reuters, said that the effects were even seen in people who had not been hospitalised with COVID, noting that whether the impact could be partially reversed or if they would persist in the long term needed further investigation.
Over one billion people at risk of hearing loss due to loud music –WHO
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Over one billion people aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds, the World Health Organisation has said.
Governments, WHO noted, should begin to address the challenge of excessive exposure to loud music in the communities, warning that it has devastating consequences on the physical and mental health of people.
