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LUTH shuts down 5 wards due to Doctors’ shortage

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Health on Tuesday raised concerns over the decline in the country’s health manpower. The committee disclosed that due to the relocation of doctors and nurses from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) to various parts of the world, five wards comprising 150 beds have been shut down. LUTH is Nigeria’s […]

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Young medical doctor slumps, dies in Lagos

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A young medical doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria, has died after he reportedly performed a 72-hour surgery without a break at the neurosurgery unit. Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) disclosed this in a letter dated September 19, addressed to LUTH’s chief medical director. The doctors in the letter […]

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