By Our Reporter Following the recent employment of Medical Doctors in Cross River State to cushion the effect of the shortage of manpower in the health sector, the State Government in collaboration with Pathfinder International and the Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria (SOGON), Cross River State Chapter has renovated a four bedroom bungalow
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent and Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has called on Nigerians to always seek to know their HIV status and reflect on their actions as a means to curbing increasing rate of people living with HIV/AIDS. The Governor, represented by his wife, Dr. Linda Ayade
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has activated the disease surveillance and tracking system to prevent the migration of yellow fever following its outbreak in Edo State. The National Center for Disease Control had last week confirmed nine cases of yellow fever after two decades. And, the Cross River State ministry
By Ushang Ewa The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in prosecuting arrested quack medical practitioners across the country in other to serve as a deterrent to others. NMA President, Dr. Francis Faduyile, said this on Thursday in Calabar during the opening ceremony of the `Physicians Week 2018’ with the theme
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 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 Information reaching CrossRiverWatch from sources in the House of Assembly suggests that Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade had approved a total of NGN15 million for the treatment of the late deputy leader of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr. Nkoro Simon. Mr. Nkoro aged 62 and member representing Ikom
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has said it is organising a free medical outreach today, August 1, 2018 for residents with Hepatitis B and C. The outreach will hold at the UCTH health outpost in Odukpani and is in collaboration with the Society for Gastroentology and Hepatology in Nigeria and the Cross