The 10-year-old rape victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby girl. The girl is not aware that she has given birth as she was told during the pregnancy that her bulge was because she had a big stone in her stomach.
Strange Disease Strike Kogi Village, Kill 5A strange disease, whose symptoms include diarrhea, blood-stained vomiting and the high fever has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi.
Since the onset of the Lassa fever outbreak in December 2016 a total of 194 deaths from 906 reported cases have been recorded according to the Federal Ministry of Health through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Dr Joshua Obasanya, Director, Prevention and Programmes Coordination Department, NCDC, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
A mother in Oregon is suing Portland Adventist Medical Center for $8.6 million after she accidentally smothered her four-day-old baby in a hospital bed.
A recent study has revealed that marijuana smokers have triple the death risk from high blood pressure (BP).
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH have confirmed two patients, whose cases were presented late has died from Lassa fever. The Chief Medical Director, Chris Bode, while confirming the incident said no less than 100 hospital workers from different hospitals who had been exposed to the patients are also under close monitoring. One of the dead victims, a 32 years old pregnant woman with bleeding disorder, died after a still birth and already had a post-mortem examination conducted on her before her Lassa status was confirmed.
