By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The family of five suspected to be mad whose image went viral last week has been deemed as ‘not psychiatric’ by medical authorities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The consultant psychiatrist in the Federal Neuro Psychiatric hospital in Calabar, Dr. Michael Olutoki said a team from the facility
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that a proper birth register if maintained, can form the foundation for Nigeria’s national database. “The birth registration program if well maintained, can form the foundation for Nigeria’s national data base which at the moment is distributed among establishments like the Immigration,
Introduction Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the uterine cervix, the lower end of the uterus that contacts the upper Vagina. Cervical cancer occurs in almost 13,000 women each year in the United States, leading to about 4,100 deaths. Since 1980, the incidence of cervical cancer has declined by 49 percent.
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent At least 65.5 percent of women in Cross River State have experienced some form of physical violence since age 15 says the Canadian charity organisation, CUSO International. The organisation’s gender expert attached to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Jacque Karungi disclosed this while making a presentation at a one
By Efa Sunday The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) says it is planning to set up a committee that will ensure efficiency in the discharge of services to patients. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Thomas Agan disclosed this while reacting to questions and concerns raised by doctors in the hospital during
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State government has said that there are up to 2,000 undiagnosed cases of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) in the state. This is even as the state plans the repair of 50 VVF cases at the VVF center in Calabar in partnership with the Fistula Foundation of Nigeria and
By Jonathan Ugbal and Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State council of the Trade Union Congress has called on the Cross River State government to pay the NGN250 million seed fund promised by the governor, Senator Ben Ayade during the launch of the state’s health insurance scheme. The chairman, Comrade Clarkson Otu made
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent In what seems to be a twist of events for the much publicised wide acceptance of the Cross River Health Insurance Scheme, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said it will resist any form of deduction. The Cross River State Government had launched the scheme tagged ‘Ayadecare’