Compel LG chairmen to pay our salaries, primary healthcare workers beg Fubara
By: Felix Ikpotor Primary Healthcare Workers in Rivers State on local council’s payroll have staged a protest in Port Harcourt, calling on the governor, Siminalayi...
Health
Rivers govt receives state-procured family planning commodities from UNFPA
By: Felix Ikpotor As part of deliberate effort aimed at supporting reproductive health and reducing cases of mother and child mortality, the Rivers State Government...
Rivers launches Project 10M campaign against non-communicable diseases
By: Felix Ikpotor In a bid to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes on the people, the Rivers State Government...
Measles: Rivers govt begins mass vaccination campaign
By: Felix Ikpotor As part of deliberate effort to rid the state of cases of measles, the Rivers State Government says it would be carrying...
Rivers govt shuts 6 medical facilities for quackery, unethical practices
…Warns pharmacies, chemists against IV medications By: Felix Ikpotor The Rivers State Government has shut six medical facilities operating in the state for operating without...
Don’t assume all chest, abdominal pain caused by ulcer, experts warn
By: Felix Ikpotor Patients especially women who come down with chest and abdominal pains have been advised not to assume that they are suffering from...
WSPD: Rivers govt urges end to stigma against mental health
By: Felix Ikpotor Following the increasing cases of suicide worldwide, the Rivers State Government has called for an end to all forms of stigmatisation against...
UPTH records successes in Minimal Access Surgeries
…Call for strengthening of Regional Medical Centres By Felix Ikpotor The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH said it has recorded major successes in...
Rivers govt gives out 46 motorcycles for Tuberculosis tracking, treatment
…Restates readiness to tackle Monkey-Pox By: Felix Ikpotor As part of efforts geared towards ensuring that Rivers State is free from cases of tuberculosis, the...
UPTH sets October timeline to begin kidney transplant
By: Felix Ikpotor The management of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, says the hospital would begin kidney transplantation by October this year...