The death toll from a cholera outbreak in restive northeast Nigeria has risen to 21, with most of the victims living in a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram violence, the health ministry said Tuesday. On Saturday, the ministry had said the cholera toll was 14 in the town of Maiduguri, with most of the victims living in a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram violence.
A report monitored by vigil360 on bbc.com indicate that Scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland, have developed a camera that can see through the human body. The device has been designed to help doctors track medical tools, known as endoscopes, during internal examinations. Prior to the development, medics have had to rely on expensive scans, such as X-rays, to trace their progress. The new camera works by detecting light sources inside the body, such as the illuminated tip of the endoscope's long flexible tube.
Seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been reportedly killed following the outbreak of cholera at some IDP camps in Borno state. The Medical Director of the Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), Anna Cillers who confirmed the incident blamed the development on flood at the affected camps. She disclosed that over 50 patients were currently on admission at the hospital for treatment. “We have holistic measures to address this cholera outbreak urgently although people are dying day by day.
As the world celebrates World Coconut Day, Prof. MacDonald Idu, has underscored the benefits of Coconut, the “Tree of life’’, including serving as mosquito repeller. He said that the second name for coconut oil is “Tree of Life” maintaining that all parts of the fruit is useful with Nigeria having the best type of coconuts in worldwide.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi on Thursday rejected the payment of 50 per cent salary to her members by the State Government. The state Chairman of NMA, Dr Godwin Tijani, in a statement in Lokoja, expressed displeasure with the payment of half salary to her members and therefore outrightly rejected it.
A public health expert, Mr Nurudden Bello, has cautioned Nigerians living in flood prone areas and along river banks to be wary of water borne diseases. Bello, who teaches at the Shehu Idris College of Health Science and Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State, told newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna, said the advice was necessary to save lives.
