Not less than 187 health workers in Enugu and 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) currently at the orientation camp at Awgu, Enugu State have tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus. Commissioner for Health Dr. Ikechukwu Obi stated at a news briefing, adding that the state has so far, recorded 9,591 cases
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Health Workers Issue Nigerian Govt 15-Day Strike Notice
A fresh crisis is brewing in the nation’s health sector as workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have issued a 15-day strike notice to the Federal Government in agitation for their demands. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire,
Read moreCOVID19: Nurses, Lab scientists, pharmacists, other health workers threaten strike over neglect
The Joint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) has told the Federal Government that it can no longer guarantee industrial peace and harmony in the health sector, and therefore, threatened to embark on strike if their long list of demands which include immediate payment of COVID-19 special incentives and hazard /inducement
Read more15 frontline health workers down with coronavirus in Bauchi
The Bauchi State government has announced that no fewer than fifteen frontline health workers in the state have been infected with the dreaded coronavirus in the line of duty. The commissioner for health in the state, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro announced this on Sunday while updating journalists on the activities of the state COVID 19 task
Read moreHealth workers infected with COVID 19 rise from 40 to 113 within days
ABUJA, The Nigeria’s Ministry of Health on Thursday, announced that 113 health workers had been infected with COVID 19. Disclosing this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID 19 press briefing in Abuja, the Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said they included workers in the public and private health facilities in the country. Following the shocking
Read moreCOVID19: Health Workers are endangered species, NMA cries out
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) said health care workers in the country are now endangered species as the fight against the COVID19 enters a new curve of over a thousand patients in Nigeria. It therefore appeals to Nigerians to help save lives of health care professionals who are now at the receiving end. In a statement
Read moreCOVID-19: Nigerian health workers demand life insurance policy
In the light of the increasing spread and casualties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives have again called on the government to immediately put in place life insurance policy for their members across the country. This, they
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