ABUJA By Patience Ivie Ihejirika While Nigeria’s population is expanding geometrically, the health care workforce is shrinking drastically, as doctors to patient ratio in the country drops to 1:10,000 as against the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of 1:1,000. The mass exodus of skilled medical practitioners from Nigeria is deepening the existing health care crisis, with…
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Treating a heart attack before it happens: It may not be a science fiction
By Hannah Flynn — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. The effects of a heart attack are often permanent, as the heart tissue cannot regenerate, unlike some other tissues. This means that despite somebody surviving a heart attack, the damage done could cause health problems or death in the years following the event. Regenerating heart…
Uganda, UK firm unveil 5-year children surgery plan.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1700 EAT on Monday 20th March 2023. The ministry of Health in collaboration with Kids Operating Room, a global health charity, has unveiled the first-ever Children Surgery National Plan, a five-year strategy that aims to scale up paediatric surgical services to regional referral and general hospitals as well as…
Ministry of Health fails to account for Shs 42bn Covid-19 funds.
The ministry of Health has failed to secure accountability for the Shs 42 billion that was allocated to different Local Governments in the past years for Covid-19, immunization, and other activities. Dr Diana Atwine, the ministry of Health permanent secretary revealed this to parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) central government. This followed a query by…
Nurse intern arrested over raping patient at Entebbe hospital.
Posted by HICGI News Agency on 20th February 2023. Denis Kutesa, a nurse intern at Entebbe Grade B hospital has been arrested for allegedly raping a female patient and attempting to rape two others. Kampala Metropolitan Police Luke Owoyesigyire says that Kutesa was picked up on Saturday and locked up at Entebbe Central police station….
Why are women less likely to survive cardiac arrest than men?
By Corrie Pelc — Fact checked byHannah Flynn Every year, about 6 million people globally die from sudden cardiac death caused by sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Scientists have been conducting SCA-related research through the ESCAPE-NET project for the past 5 years. Project research found primary care visits rose sharply in the weeks before a person…
DASH diet could reduce heart disease risk by 10%, study suggests
By Katharine Lang on December 6, 2022 — Fact checked by Hannah Flynn Prevalence of cardiovascular disease is rising due to changing lifestyles, an aging population, and better survival rates for heart attacks and strokes. There is growing evidence that diet is key to a person’s risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases. Now, a study has found that switching to a healthier diet,…
World Health Organisation Assigns New Name for Monkeypox
Published by Nakayima Ritah Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monkeypox…
