DOCTORS
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Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has pledged to ensure regular payment of all allowances for healthcare workers in the state. The pledge was in line with measures to retain skilled medical professionals, according to a statement released on Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ahmed Idris. The statement said the governor made the…
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Former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has said Nigerians may be catered for by native doctors if the brain drain among medical doctors persists. Due to the economic hardship and poor welfare, many health workers are leaving the country in droves. Six months ago, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) said Nigeria has about…
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Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has advised Nigerian doctors to explore other ways of getting government’s attention to their needs instead of embarking on industrial strike. Okowa who is a trained medical doctor himself gave the advice on Wednesday, September 23 when the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) led by its first vice…
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German doctors are stripping off their clothes to protest shortages of personal protective equipment. Photos appearing to show nude medical workers with body parts artfully obscured by stethoscopes and other medical equipment have been posted to the website Blanke Bedenken, which translates to “Naked Qualms,” according to the Guardian. “We are your GPs. To be able…
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Doctors often go the extra mile for their patients. One doctor in China, however, took it a little too far when he ended up on the operating table after ignoring his own symptoms. Liu Lei, a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon at Huai’an First People’s Hospital, had to undergo emergency surgery himself on Dec 28 after he endured…
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People who have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep may want to seek advice from a doctor and avoid long-term use of sleeping pills, medical experts advise. Good sleep hygiene and a specific kind of talk therapy may help people create good bedtime habits and figure out why they’re not sleeping well, the experts…
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A 15-year-old boy from Malling School in East Malling, Kent, has gone blind in one eye after a bully attacked him with a pen. Haydn Smith was reportedly playing football in school when the attacker approached him with the object. He was struck in the eye and abandoned as he wiggled in pain. Image: Hadyn Smith…
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A Mexican man whose massive penis measures 18.9 inches has rejected suggestions for a penile reduction surgery. He is said to be obsessed with his most-prized possession, and wouldn’t want doctors tampering with it. The well-endowed South American has retained his position as the world’s “luckiest man”. Pictures don’t lie, do they?. This man boasts of…
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Emma Willis, a 24-year-old student teacher from Wallasey, Merseyside, who suffered life-threatening injuries after having a vibrator stuck up in her bum, has revealed why she’ll never ever let herself be tempted. She literally went through hell until the object was removed at a hospital. Image: Emma Willis According to a report from Daily Star…
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Doctors in Indore, India have successfully replaced a 12-year-old boy’s nose with a new one after growing it on his forehead. Surgeons performed the rare plastic surgery by reconstructing the nose on his forehead and then implanting it at the original place on his face, NDTV reported. Arun Patel is from India’s Ujjain district. His nose…
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With only 53 pediatricians for every 100,000 children under 14 years old, China is in great need of children’s doctors, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). Jiao Yahui, a Vice Director for Medical Affairs and Administration at the NHFPC, said at a press conference that China currently has 230 million children…
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