San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward has introduced confidential births and a “baby hatch,” becoming the second medical facility in Japan to adopt such measures after Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto. We hope this serves as an opportunity for deeper discussion on preventing baby abandonment and abuse-induced infant …
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Bankrupt healthcare giant with 181 hospitals and clinics begins closure process which will ‘devastate’ locals
READ MORE: Landmark hospital chain files for bankruptcy A bankrupt healthcare giant is shifting services to other providers as it braces for a full shutdown. Prospect Medical Holdings — which filed for bankruptcy in January — has started moving key services from its two Pennsylvania hospitals, Crozer-Chester Medical Center and …
Nigerians On Medical Death Row: Open Letter To Minister Of Health
On 25 November, 2012, my late pregnant sister, Ijeoma, was rushed by her husband to a hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, but the doctors and nurses at the hospital callously and insensitively refused to attend to her without initial payment. They had demanded N20,000 (about €150 then) as a …
Experts find ‘best treatment’ for a tummy ache – and you can’t buy it
Hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy are the best treatments for long-term stomach pain in children, a new study suggests. Experts said more needs to be done to make these therapies available for children in the UK and to tackle the ‘prejudice’ linked to psychosocial treatments for abdominal pain. It comes …
Nigeria needs to strengthen nursing education —Don
A Professor of Nursing and Dean of the School of Nursing Sciences at Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Christiana Sowunmi, has emphasized the importance of strengthening nursing education at all levels in Nigeria. She noted that this is imperative due to the vital roles nursing professionals play in today’s evolving …
LAUTECH Graduates 94 Students With First Class Honours As It Marks 35th Anniversary
IBADAN : The Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Prof. Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, on Tuesday disclosed that no fewer than 94 Students of the institution will be graduating with the first-class Honours at the 17th convocation event that also coincides with the 35th founder’s …