Annually, on Feb. 15, the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is commemorated as a global campaign to create awareness about childhood cancer and support for the patients, survivors and their families.
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A trial against one of the foremost Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria on the Brekete radio programme led by Ordinary President, Ahmed Isah, seems to be demarketing the status of Nigeria as a choice destination for healthcare tourism. The trial seeks to tar the disclosure by the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, that the Federal government has implemented policies which are improving health care delivery in the country. The policies include free ceaserean section at Federal Health facilities nationwide and state hospitals like Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital and Abdullahi Wase Hospital in Kano. It is aimed at…
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