By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has again, embarked on a “total and indefinite” strike following the kidnap of its member, Dr. Vivien Otu on Friday. The NMA in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting on Saturday, said this was in line with
By Patrick Obia The Calabar Canaan City Lions Club, a service organisation on Wednesday in Calabar, witnessed the first eye surgery performed at an eye theater complex it donated in 2019 to the Cross River State Government. The complex is located at the General Hospital Calabar and is managed by the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF).
By Jonathan Ugbal A resident of Calabar, Mrs Sylvia Agiande is currently cooling her feet in Police custody after she was arrested for using an electrical iron to inflict second degree burns on her eight year old nephew, Romanus (actual name withheld due to editorial reasons). The incident occurred on Sunday, August 16th at Muri
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for health in Cross River state, Dr. Betta Edu has said that the seeming discrepancies in the data for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases is due to the strict standing order of procedure (SOP) of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC). There have been discrepancies in the reported number of
By Jonathan Ugbal The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in Cross River now stands at 58, four and 53 more than Taraba (54) and Kogi (5) states respectively. Data from the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that the state recorded 13 new cases on Sunday. The country recorded 304 new cases
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Kate Okpa, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association in the Cross River State, has died of Coronavirus. Speaking with journalists in Calabar, the State capital, Agam Ayuk, Chairman of the NMA in the State, noted that Dr. Okpa is from their Ogoja chapter. He said that the rate of COVID-19
By Patrick Obia Cross River State has hit five new COVID-19 cases from the latest report by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night. NCDC in its official Twitter handle announced 404 new cases across the country with a total of 42,208 cases confirmed, 19,004 discharged and 873 deaths. This 5 addition brings
By Jonathan Ugbal The chronicles of the SARS – CoV-2 in Cross River remains one of discordant tones as the state’s chapter of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has written the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) decrying what it perceives to be sharp practices. The association said while the two