By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Ministry of Health has warned against the increasing cases of kerosene explosion related cases in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in the past few days. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong is calling on the general public to be mindful of the type of kerosene they
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government alongside The Nigerian Medical Association and the Nigerian Red Cross through the Club Foot Project are working in synergy to ensure that Anthony Peter who is popularly known in the media as the boy with the Club Foot in Ekpeneki community in Odukpani LGA receive proper medical
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government has validated Cross River State government position on the suspected Polio case dismissing the issue as a case of clubfoot also known as Talipes. “The physical assessment or examination revealed that the signs that suggest complications of Polio Virus infection were not present in this child” said The acting
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has put the necessary framework in place to ensure its six schools of nursing and midwifery are accredited by the end of 2017 to help cater for the manpower needed in the health sector. The state’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Inyang Asibong disclosed this to newsmen
By Ushang Ewa The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has declared Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River as the first open defecation-free (ODF) council in the country. But, the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency says a concerted effort by Concerned Universal Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria (RUSHPIN) program
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has commissioned the new secretariat of th the Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives NANNM, also named Comfort Imoke Nurses House, in Calabar. The Secretariat which is named after the mother of Senator Liyel Imoke, the immediate past governor of the State, was described as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After the successful unveiling of the Post Natal Ward of the General Hospital Calabar by the MTN Foundation a forth night ago, the state Ministry of Health recorded another victory yet again as FHI360 unveils youth center in the same hospital. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong, expressed her delight
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The manpower challenge in the Primary Health sector of Cross River state is set to receive a boost as the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has given clearance for the employment of additional staff to boost the strenght of workers in the sector. Speaking during a just concluded retreat for political office