Health

A new mother nearly died after her unborn baby kicked her so hard she got her foot stuck in the uterus wall.

The Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria has warned hospitals and other health establishments to stop hiring unlicensed records officers as those found culpable will be handed over to law enforcement agencies.

The Federal Government has announced a ban for medical doctors working in public hospitals to engage on private practice.

The Monkey Pox epidemic, first detected in Bayelsa state, appears to have spread to neighbouring south-south states as there have been confirmed cases of the epidemic in Akwa Ibom and Rivers state. One confirmed case has been recorded in the state, while two other suspected cases are under investigation.

The Federal Ministry of Health has advised Nigerians to avoid from eating monkeys, bush meat and dead animals as doing so could make one susceptible to the Monkeypox Disease. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this in a statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations at the ministry, Mrs. Boade Akinola, on Thursday.

The EndoSurvivors International Foundation (ESIF) has said that not less than 40 per cent of the infertility cases are caused by endometriosis.

Stating this during a walk on endometriosis/community outreach to mark Nurses Week in Lagos, organised by ESIF and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), the Founder of ESIF, Mrs. Olivia Nwankudu, said the disease was an incurable, invisible, painful disease that affects one in 10 girls and women of reproductive age.