By Patrick Obia Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Chapter, has today 8th April 2019, rejuvenated the pending strike action due to the management failure to meet her demands. This was contained in a notice jointly signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Association, Prof. Usang
By Elijah Uganiĺ The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade is among the dignitaries that graced the presentation of a Diamond award of Excellence presented to the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari by the National Agency For Food, Drugs Adminstration and Control NAFDAC. The occasion to mark the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state Government joined the rest of the global community to mark the 2019, World Tuberclosis Day in Calabar. The State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Family Health International, fhi360 and KNC Tuberculosis in a week-long event, took to the streets of Calabar and hard-to-reach areas to raise awareness
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (ARD-UCTH) has embarked on indefinite strike. The union arising from an emergency meeting on Monday 18th March 2019 queried the management of the hospital for not responding to their demands issued earlier during a 3 days ultimatum dated 14th February 2019 which led
By Patrick Obia and Ololo Kelvin Following the untimely departure of Joseph Agbor, a civil engineering student, who was knocked down by his fellow student early last week, students of engineering, took a procession to mourn their beloved colleagues. The sorrowful match which took place within the school premises, Calabar Campus; saw the students in
By Our Reporter The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) security has locked out doctors and patients in protest of 18 months of no pay. The protest which was captured by CrossRiverWatch i-Reporter Awuna Agbor shows that no one was given access to the hospital. As at the time of filing this report, the leadership of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency has successfully shortlisted 5, 300 applicants for 1, 000 primary healthcare jobs advertised by the agency in January. The Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu made this known during a media briefing on Wednesday with press men in
By Margaret John and David Nsa 17 year old Emediong Emem Okon was assaulted with a glass bottle by her step-mother for allegedly insulting her. The incident is said to have occurred at about 8pm at Ikot-Effanga Mkpa, Calabar Municipality on Monday, 18th February after a slight disagreement over the toilet roster. According to the