Listen To The Article Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The clitoris is usually the victim in most cases of FGM. FGM is the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Hon. Jude Ngaji, the member representing Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in the Green Chambers have called for legislators and by extension the Government to ensure the need for medical practitioners to be held responsible for their negligence. Jude in a motion before the House yesterday, 5th April 2022, called
Listen To The Article It is common to find people drinking these days without minding the consequences. Alcohol addiction is on the rise within the population despite an increase in warnings by health authorities. There is not much this writer can say in this piece that those who enjoy indulging in excessive drinking of alcohol
By Monday Ogar Listen To The Report The family of Okuku Emeritus Professor Akpan Asuquo Otu have donated Nigeria’s first medical simulation lab to the University of Calabar in a ceremony that was held inside the school’s campus in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The family said the donation of the Okuku Emeritus Professor
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Dr. John Egbe, the President of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital branch, has been inducted as a member of the West African College of Surgeons, Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The event was held in Monrovia, Liberia, at the 62nd Annual General Meeting
Listen To The Article Water is crucial to keep the body working correctly. It is present in the blood, skin, organs, and bones. There is water in every cell of the body, from the brain to the teeth. Have you ever also wondered how much of your body is water? The percentage of water varies
Hypertension or High Blood Pressure (HBP) refers to the phenomenon where one’s blood pressure is too high and chronic. Blood pressure, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls of the body’s arteries, the major blood vessels in the body. In simple terms, blood flows through
By Blessing Isong Two lovers (unnamed), on Monday, narrowly survived an auto crash in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, after their vehicle skid off the road and hit a shop nearby. The accident happened in the early hours of Monday at the Rabana roundabout. And, one of the lovers said the accident occurred as