Archives Tag: Doctors

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App Of The Week: Kangpe

April 19, 2022

Have you ever thought of the possibility of receiving diagnosis about a physical ailment through an app without having to visit a hospital? With Kangpe, this is now a reality and health care has become more accessible for the average Nigerian who may not have access to a physical  hospital. Although Kangpe by no means, … Continue reading App Of The Week: Kangpe

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Events Health

Medic West Africa to Showcase Continued Transformation of Healthcare Infrastructure Across the Region

April 19, 2022

The region’s leading healthcare exhibitions organiser, has announced that Medic West Africa will be returning to the Eko Hotel Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, from 10 -12 October 2018. As well as being the only healthcare trade event in the region that has the support of numerous trade associations as well as government agencies such … Continue reading Medic West Africa to Showcase Continued Transformation of Healthcare Infrastructure Across the Region

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App Of The Week: Hudibia

April 19, 2022

The health sector in Nigeria still has its shortcomings, especially in the areas of emergency management and infrastructure necessary for quality health care. With a whopping population of over a hundred and fifty million people, Nigeria needs a health sector replete with medical facilities and high-functioning medical professionals. One of the technologies aiming to achieve this … Continue reading App Of The Week: Hudibia

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App Of The Week: Find-A-Med

April 19, 2022

We have seen several health-tech startups emerge in recent years tackle the menace of poor health care. With some solving logistical problems facing hospitals and others making medical care easily accessible to the average Nigerian, we can only hope that the Nigerian health industry will be a benchmark for external criteria in the nearest future. One … Continue reading App Of The Week: Find-A-Med

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Top 5 Apps For Health Care

April 19, 2022

With tech, the days of poor medical service and lack of knowledge on health issues are almost over. There are innovative platforms put in place where the average man can now receive medical attention with ease and without the usual setbacks that come with visiting hospital with poor facilities. It even gets better as health has been … Continue reading Top 5 Apps For Health Care

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Around Town

Osinbajo Receives Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye Who Extracted a Tumor from a 23-Week Old Foetus

April 19, 2022

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo received at the Presidential Villa, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, the US-based Surgeon who successfully led a medical team to a fetal surgery and won global acclaim for the feat. The surgeon from Ido Ani in Ondo State received global attention at Texas Hospital in 2016 after successfully carrying out a surgery on a … Continue reading Osinbajo Receives Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye Who Extracted a Tumor from a 23-Week Old Foetus

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Kangpe- Consult A Doctor from Wherever You Are

April 19, 2022

You have a nagging backache that you’ve tried to wish away but it still hangs on to you. You think it’s nothing serious, but the painkillers haven’t really helped to confirm this belief. And you don’t have the time and chance to see a doctor physically, because your schedule is, for the foreseeable future, absolutely jam-packed. What … Continue reading Kangpe- Consult A Doctor from Wherever You Are

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Health Personality

The Baby Who Was Born Twice and the Nigerian Doctor Who Helped Save Her Life 

April 19, 2022

There’s been a buzz recently about a surgical operation carried out in the United States which ultimately led to a baby being born twice- in a sense. But it wasn’t a medical stunt done by doctors seeking cheap publicity by toying with human life. It was a life-saving operation, one in which surgeons had to … Continue reading The Baby Who Was Born Twice and the Nigerian Doctor Who Helped Save Her Life 

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Health SPORTS

Lagos Doctors Football Fiesta 2016

April 19, 2022

Nigerian Medical Association (Lagos Chapter) in partnership with Alpine Integrated Health Service Limited, presents Lagos Doctors Football Fiesta 2016 themed PHYSICAL FITNESS A PREVENTIVE HEALTH MEASURE! The football event is aimed at highlighting the importance of regular fitness exercise amongst medical practitioners and indeed the general public. Eight teams will be squaring out with each … Continue reading Lagos Doctors Football Fiesta 2016

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Health TECH Telecommunication

Figure 1, Instagram for Doctors

April 19, 2022

  Figure 1, the Instagram for doctors as it is now fondly called, is a free app developed by a Canadian startup company. The app is for the iPhone and a new version has recently been launched in Australia. Developed by Canadian critical care doctor Joshua Landy, software developer Richard Penner and CEO Gregory Levey, the app … Continue reading Figure 1, Instagram for Doctors

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