Ojoma Akor

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Nigeria’s first lady Oluremi Tinubu has welcomed the partnership with Merck Foundation geared towards building healthcare and media capacity, breaking infertility stigma and supporting girl education in Nigeria and other countries. She stated this during the 7th edition of the Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative, (MFFLI) Summit in Dubai. United Arab Emirates. She said the foundation has provided 63 scholarships for young Nigerian doctors in various critical and underserved specialties.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Ojoma Akor

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Blood Donor Day, donors and medical experts have lamented gaps in voluntary donation in the country. The theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day is: ‘Give blood, give hope, together we save lives.’  Weekend Trust findings reveal that voluntary unpaid blood donation remains abysmally low in Nigeria despite concerns on the safety of blood units collected from commercial and family replacement donors.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Ojoma Akor

Poor response to emergency cases and medical negligence have continued to bedevil the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, investigations have shown. Findings reveal that while the hospital has recorded achievements in infrastructural expansion and adoption of new medical procedures, it has however faced persistent cases of patients and their caregivers lamenting medical negligence and slow response to people in need of emergency services.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Ojoma Akor

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako has directed a full investigation into the alleged neglect of accident victims at the emergency unit of the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Jabi, Abuja. In a video that trended on social media at the weekend, someone was heard lamenting that he rushed some accidents victims he saw at the road to the facility but that the staff were slow in attending to them.

3 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Ojoma Akor

The National Task Force on Cervical Cancer Elimination (NTF-CCE) says 60 million women in Nigeria are at risk of developing cervical cancer. The Chairman of the NTF-CCE, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made the disclosure in Abuja during the launch of Partnership to Eliminate Cervical Cancer in Nigeria (PECCIN). Prof. Adewole said approximately 22 women die daily from the preventable and treatable disease in the country.