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Resident doctors reject proposed six-month jail term over emergency care delays, threaten nationwide strike
The association described the proposed sanctions as punitive, arguing that doctors should not be held criminally responsible for failures arising from inadequate funding, poor hospital infrastructure and shortages of medical personnel
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Health facilities charging NHIS patients unlawfully will be dealt with – Mahama
President John Mahama has warned that health facilities found charging patients additional fees outside approved National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) arrangements will face sanctions. President Mahama said the government is strengthening healthcare delivery through a new health architecture integrating Free Primary Healthcare, the uncapped NHIS and the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as MahamaCares.
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Meet Nigeria’s Tracy Richards among Miss Globe 2026 Top 11
Nigeria’s representative at the Miss Globe 2026, Tracy Richards, has finished among the top 11 finalists at the international beauty pageant held in Phuket, Thailand. “From the moment she stepped onto the international stage in Phuket, Thailand, Tracy carried the Nigerian spirit, grace and determination with pride.
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Experts on why your back hurts – and what to do about it
Are you one of 600 million people with lower back pain? The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, with cases projected to rise to more than 800 million by 2050, largely as populations grow and age.
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‘The Hospital Chronicles: I.C.U. ’ makes AFRIFF debut, sparks conversation on medical negligence
The Hospital Chronicles: The I.C.U is the first instalment in a planned film series that uses storytelling to spotlight issues affecting patients and healthcare delivery.
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Telangana Police to launch ‘Fit Cop’ health monitoring programme for 90,000 personnel
An app will assess eight health parameters and classify personnel into low, medium and high-risk categories, with medical screenings and counselling planned based on individual needs
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Six Ebola patients recover as Kenya records 18 days without new infection
NAIROBI,Kenya, Nov 6- Kenya has discharged six patients who had contracted the Ebola virus, with only one remaining under treatment, as the country records 18 consecutive days without a new infection. In a statement marking Day 32 of the outbreak, Director-General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth said the total number of confirmed cases remained at nine, with all infections linked to a single known chain of transmission.
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Sharad Pawar's health improving, to be discharged on Saturday morning: Sule
Sharad Pawar's health improving, to be discharged on Saturday morning: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Mr. Pawar in the hospital
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‘City of immigrants’: Who is Nithya Raman, the Los Angeles mayor-elect?
The two biggest cities in the US will now be led by Indian-origin immigrants - both democratic socialists.
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Fire destroys 11 rooms in Anlo Town compound house
A domestic fire outbreak at Anlo Town, near the Old Slaughter House, has destroyed 11 rooms in a 23-room compound house in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in a post shared on Facebook on Friday, November 6, said firefighters from the New Juaben North Municipal Fire Station responded promptly to the incident and brought the blaze under control before completely extinguishing it.
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Exercise and cancer: What "living longer" really means
A major trial found more colon cancer patients were alive eight years after treatment with long-term exercise coaching. But what does "living longer" mean, and who does it apply to?
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‘Nobody can stop them’: Who are Europe’s Black Bloc protesters?
Anarchistic activists who dress in black and clash with police are a regular feature of protests from France to Albania.
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Rwanda launches Africa’s first trial of long-acting malaria prevention injection
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 6-Rwanda has launched Africa’s first clinical trial of a long-acting injectable drug for malaria prevention, marking a potential shift in how the disease is prevented as drug resistance and climate change threaten progress against the mosquito-borne illness. The Phase 1b trial, launched by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in partnership with Rwandan health research organisation Rinda Ubuzima, will assess the safety and tolerability of MMV371, an experimental drug designed to provide extended protection against malaria through a single injection.
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Emergency delays: Doctors reject bill proposing 6-month jail term
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected proposed legislation seeking a six-month jail term or ₦300,000 fine for healthcare professionals over delays in emergency medical treatment. This is contained in a statement issued by the NARD President, Dr Ogar Idoko, in Calabar on Friday.
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Shisha smoking is slow suicide – Cardiologist warns
Former Director of the Korle Bu Cardio Centre, Dr Lawrence Serebour, has described shisha smoking as “slow-acting suicide”, warning that the practice exposes users to harmful chemicals that can damage vital organs and cause cancer. Dr Serebour dismisses claims shisha is less harmful because smoke passes through water Dr Serebour dismissed the suggestion that water acts as a filter for harmful substances in shisha smoke.
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‘Mom encouraged me to get breast implants’: Disney child star Christy Carlson Romano on fame, family and freedom
She started acting at six and by 16 was starring in Even Stevens with Shia LaBeouf. The title of her memoir, Once Upon a Trainwreck, gives you a flavour of where Carlson Romano, 42, is coming from, but what’s most striking isn’t that she goes off the rails (she doesn’t, hugely, compared to other former child stars), but how sensible and mature she is as a child.
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PM Modi greets citizens on Dhanteras, stresses investing on health, loved ones
The Prime Minister also encouraged families to adopt healthier habits, from mindful eating and regular yoga to adequate sleep and timely health screenings
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This is an age of anti-vaccine unreason – and even NHS staff are not immune
Edward Jenner’s rustic thatched hut in his Gloucestershire garden where he conducted his first smallpox vaccination in 1796 has just been saved by English Heritage. But enlightenment itself has been in retreat, with Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s health secretary, leading the vanguard of unreason, dismantling vaccination programmes and stirring vaccine conspiracy and paranoia around the world.
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FG allocates N2.1bn to revive OAUTHC renal programme — CMD
The Federal Government has allocated N2.1 billion to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to revive its renal replacement programme, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. John Okeniyi, has said. He said the planned revival of the programme was part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for the health sector.