Category: Health

Wale Jagun The Lagos State government during the week launched a comprehensive nutrition programme for 5000 underprivileged pregnant women to tackle cognitive and learning disabilities in newborns. The Governor of the State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, rolled out the Mother, Infant and Child (M.I.C.H.) Initiative which is being coordinated by the Office of the Civic Engagement, to address nutritional needs of pregnant women across the 57 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke…

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Wale Jagun The Chairman of the Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board, Professor Adebukola Olushola Ositelu, has stated there is a traditional remedy for the COVID – 19 virus that is ravaging the global village. She said that many people have been using the remedy with positive results. Prof. Ositelu said this in an interview with THE IMPACT during the sensitization and advocacy programme of the traditional medicine board held at the Ayangbure palace during the week. She, however, said that NAFDAC, the body responsible for the regulations of drugs in…

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. ObafemiHamzat kicked – off the vaccine roll out as they received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. They were vaccinated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Lagos Mainland on Friday. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, took the first shot of the vaccine in the state. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile,  the Governor speaking after the vaccination corroborated the World Health Organization (W.H.O), testifying to the safety of the vaccine. He…

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The management of the General Hospital, Ijede, has refuted the rumour being circulated on some social media platforms that the facility has been shut down because its staff has been infected with COVID-19. It was stated that the viral post is totally untrue and fabricated. The Medical Director/CEO, General Hospital, Ijede, Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Bankole, in a statement noted that the facility has not been shut down and that all medical staff have been operating 24-hour service even before the beginning of the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in…

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Kunle Adelabu -Warns residents against second wave of COVID 19 pandemic First Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs and the Ayangbure of Ikorodu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Engr.) Kabir Adewale Shotobi, has commended the Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, Dr Taiwo Hassan, for quality service delivery and the massive turnaround going on in the hospital. The royal father also commended the state government for providing an enabling environment for staff and patients at the hospital. There have been tremendous changes in…

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Kunle Adelabu The management of the General Hospital, Ikorodu, has continued to look for ways of improving health care delivery to thousands of residents, especially in the area of taking Ikorodu out of the bracket of Local Government with the high death rate of mother and child during pregnancy by gathering major stakeholders to discuss ways forward. Nigeria is currently ranked number two in the world after India in terms of high death rate for pregnancy related deaths. The forum,  tagged, ‘Stakeholder’s meeting on maternal, perinatal and mortality reduction in…

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Our Reporter About 200 residents of Imota Local Council Development Area in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, benefitted from the free medical checkup organized by the Imota Students’ Union (ISU) to kick off its 2020 Students Week. The Imota annex of the Ikorodu General Hospital came alive on Monday (yesterday) as beneficiaries, who were mostly aged citizens, pregnant women, adults, and young people residing in the Imota community, trooped out enmasse to benefit from the medical exercise. The Ranodu of Imota, His Royal Majesty, Oba Mudashiru Ajibade Bakare…

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Wale Jagun Gov. Babajide Sanwo – Olu on Thursday, July 30, 2020, opened O – Care Medical Face Mask factory in Lagos. The factory which is a subsidiary of Transgreen Nigeria Limited, a local manufacturer of medical equipment, such as respirator, ventilator, hand gloves and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), is situated in Odofin Park Estate, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the State, The O-Care face mask is said to be the first certified medical face mask locally produced in Nigeria in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. Sanwo…

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