Author: Fatima Zahra Muhammad

ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago is elated over the successful first neurological and knee surgeries conducted by the IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna. A team of surgeons led by Consultant Neurosurgeon Dr Uthman Uthman successfully performed its first brain surgery on a 19-year-old boy who had sustained a severe brain injury and skull fracture during a road crash. Another team of surgeons led by Orthopedic Surgeons Abdullahi Mohammad and Mustapha Ibrahim also performed its first total knee replacement surgery after many decades on a 65-year-old woman with bilateral advanced osteoarthritis of the knee. Bago applauded the…

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ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State, Governor Umaru Bago has directed that all casual staff in General Hospitals be paid N80,000 monthly.  The state governments decision, which aims to improve the welfare of health workers and enhance the quality of care provided in state-run medical facilities was announced on Thursday in Minna. Speaking while addressing a group of casual workers from Minna General Hospital who had expressed grievances at the Government House in Minna, Bago stressed that the welfare of health workers is critical to achieving better health outcomes for the people of Niger State. The Governor while acknowledging the…

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