By Godwin Otang The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has called on medical service providers to observe universal prevention protocol in seeing all patients over the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. In an internal memo dated 18th January 2024, signed by Dr. Micheal Enyong (CMAC),
By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Ministry of Health has confirmed a recent cholera outbreak at Obubra and Biase Local Government Areas of the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Ayuk, who made the disclosure, Friday, said Biase and Obubra are the two LGAs with confirmed cases of the disease so far,
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL) has urged residents of the State to start using and drinking their supplied water after undergoing test runs and purification. CRSWBL on December 14, 2023, said it will soon test-run the Water Treatment Plant with the newly installed components, warning the
Every community prays for access roads to attract development and ease livelihood. In 2016, the Enugu State government constructed a nine-kilometer road network from Obechara, Ugwuechara down to Ikenga Hotels junction. Ben Aron, The Whistler, in this report, portrays how this celebrated road has endangered Umuwalugwu village in Umakashi community of Nsukka LGA. The Genesis
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL) says it will soon test-run the Water Treatment Plant with the newly installed components, warning the general public not to use yet. In a press release issued by the Director of Public Relations/Corporate Communications of the Board, Elder Roger Emori said the “quality of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent In a bid to keep to the people’s first mantra and the ‘Health is Wealth’ saying, Governor Otu and his wife, Rev. Eyoanwan Edet Otu in collaboration with Faith Care Foundation and Henss Foundation have flagged off free medical outreach in Ikom Local Government Area. The weeklong activities had
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and its partners has announced the commencement of the second round of Optimize Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (OMNCHW 2) across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State. This was
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Edema Irom, recently led women on a humanitarian visit to a set of triplets being cared for by a good-spirited family due to the death of their mother during birth. The gesture, the commissioner disclosed, remains one of the Ministry’s