Health

Mar
08
2023
By Amos Oge Kalu
Organ Harvest Saga: ‘I thought I was being scammed’ – Ekweremadu

Organ Harvest Saga: ‘I thought I was being scammed’ – Ekweremadu

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Embattled former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, accused of plotting to exploit a man for his kidney, told a London court that he thought he was being ‘scammed’ by doctors. Ekweremadu, 60, is accused of conspiring to facilitate a man's travel to Britain to use him as an organ donor for his sick daughter. A 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be paid up to £7,000 in exchange for a kidney, the Old Bailey court heard. He was promised opportunities in the UK to help Ekweremadu’s daughter. Mr Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and medical…
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Jan
17
2023
By Amos Oge Kalu
Netizens Hail Aproko Doctor’s Neurosurgeon, Tayo Ojo

Netizens Hail Aproko Doctor’s Neurosurgeon, Tayo Ojo

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The online health influencer had earlier on Monday opened up about his battle with a brain tumour that needed to be taken out. About the surgery, he said that he was advised to travel out of the country but that he opted to have the surgery done in Nigeria and it was done by a Nigerian neurosurgeon. He tweeted a photo of the doctor and said, “It was Dr. Tayo Ojo, a neurosurgeon here in Nigeria, that did the surgery. So many people begged me to leave the country and get the surgery done but something kept me back here…
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Dec
04
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
Statistics: Buhari spends 225 days on medical trips, visits 40 countries

Statistics: Buhari spends 225 days on medical trips, visits 40 countries

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent at least 225 days away from the country on medical trips since assuming office in 2015, a Sunday PUNCH investigation has uncovered. On February 5, 2016, eight months after assuming office, the President took his first medical trip to London, the United Kingdom, spending six days. Buhari’s second medical trip would follow four months later on June 6, 2016. He spent 10 days treating an undisclosed ear infection after which he rested for three extra days before returning to Abuja on June 19, 2016. On January 19, 2017, the President embarked on his second-longest…
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Dec
01
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
World AIDS Day: 36,797 persons living with HIV in Niger

World AIDS Day: 36,797 persons living with HIV in Niger

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Niger State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Makusidi Muhammad, has revealed that at least 36,797 persons are presently living with HIV in the state. The commissioner stated this through the Director, of Medical Services and Training, Dr. Baba Uthman at a press briefing to mark this year’s World AIDS Day in Minna with the theme “Equalize to End AIDS: Equal Access to Treatment and Prevention Services.” According to him, between January and September this year, a total of 2,628 clients tested positive for HIV in the state. Muhammad disclosed: “HIV/AIDS data for the year under review shows that between 1st January…
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Nov
10
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
Woman confesses to mixing her zobo drinks with HIV blood

Woman confesses to mixing her zobo drinks with HIV blood

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A yet-to-be-identified HIV-positive woman has said that she mixes her blood in the zobo drink she sells in order to get other people infected. The said woman made the confession in a radio program on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz on Wednesday night. The show anchor had asked listeners to call in and confess what they do in the marketplace that people are unaware of and what they aren’t proud of. The zobo seller said, “I went to the hospital six months ago and I was told I had HIV. “I don’t have money for treatment so I decided that I would…
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