By Jonathan Ugbal While owners of public and private facilities as well as individuals count the losses suffered after hoodlums invaded different properties in Calabar between Friday and Saturday, CrossRiverWatch visited the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric hospital which was one of the worst affected. More than 96 percent of medical and non-medical items were carted away from
By Patrick Obia As every September is mapped out for sickle cell awareness month, sickle cell advocate, Miss Offiong Ononokpono has advised that intending couples should endeavor to know their genotypes before marriage to avoid disaster of compatibility. Miss Offiong, who has being on the streets of Calabar campaigning against sickle cell in the State,
By Patrick Obia Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria (RUSHPIN) has inaugurated a 22 member technical working group on Menstrual Hygiene and Health (MHH) program in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The group is to serve as a cross-sectoral and inter- ministerial coordinating body for MHH in Cross River State. The group whose members
By Jonathan Ugbal Two new cases of the SARS – CoV – 2 have been recorded in Cross River State says the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC. The NCDC announced 131 cases for Thursday with the following distribution. This means the state has now recorded a total of 85 cases. It is the first
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 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
Governor Ayade of Cross River state has earmarked N24billion for COVID-19 relief and recovery. The figure was contained in the reviewed 2020 Budget of Olympotic Merristemasis sent to the State House of Assembly, yesterday for consideration. The initial budget of 1.1trillion which the governor signed in January 2020 was reviewed downward to N147,130,166,996 and 16.3