By Abolaji Adebayo In the first year of its establishment, the orthopaedic department of Isolo General Hospital has treated 545 patients. Data released to ECHONEWS by the Hospital, Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Patricia Mordi, indicates that 100 males and 99 females were treated last year As of September, this year, the clinic treated 227 males […]
By Abolaji Adebayo No fewer than 100 women were screened for breast and cervical cancers by a non-governmental organisation, Sisters of Jannah, Lagos zone during the weekend. According to the organisation, the gesture a part of effort to support government in sensitising the public about the deadly cancer. At the programme held at Odi-Olowo Ojuwoye […]
By Motolani AbdulGafar A parasitologist, Dr Wasiu Adelodun, has urged residents to be proactive with their health status by repeatedly checking their glucose level even without being diagnosed as a diabetic patient. According to him, high glucose level is an ailment that now affects larger percentage of people, noting that it affects not only the […]
By Motolani AbdulGafar A medical expert in Ejigbo, Dr Idris Giwa, has highlighted ways of preventing hypertension, which he refers to as one of the most common silent killer diseases in the world. Giwa explained that the disease, which was common in the developed nations, is now becoming widespread in developing countries like Nigeria due […]
By Motolani AbdulGafar The chairman of Lagos State Cooked Food Sellers Association, Ejigbo branch, Comr. Boniface Ihajirika, has charged members and the general public to ensure good hygiene of cooked foods and items to promote good health. Ihajirika stated that the negligence of food safety causes food borne diseases. Speaking in an exclusive chat with […]
ECHONEWS Nigeria has recorded first case of the deadly coronavirus disease involving an Indian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos on February 25, 2020. In a statement, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has confirmed a case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos State. The statement read: “The Federal Ministry […]
