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How surgery patients expose health workers to COVID-19 Consultant
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
A Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist, Prof. Catherine Falade says some patients are undergoing surgical operation in hospitals without knowing they have COVID-19.
The clinical pharmacist said more health workers are now exposed to getting infected with COVID-19 through patients who are unaware of their status and brought to the hospital for emergency surgical operations.
According to the World Health Organisation, health workers are generally at greater risk of getting infected with COVID-19.
The global health agency also noted that health workers in contact with and/or who care for COVID-19 patients are also at a higher risk of infection than the general population.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians.
The agency said since the World Health Organisation had approved the vaccines there might not be need to conduct another clinical trial on the vaccines.
It, however, said it would subject vaccines, which the Federal Government may likely spend N400bn to procure, to proper revalidation before administering them on Nigerians.
ICT gives me much-anticipated freedom Haematologist
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
A former medical doctor, Dr. Oluwaseun Odiase, says he has no regret dumping the medical profession for a career in the world of Information, Communication and Technology.
He disclosed that he left because he could not cope with the discomfort of stress, unconducive work environment, poor remuneration and long hours put in by doctors, unlike his new calling.
The haematologist-turned-tech analyst from, Edo State, told
PUNCH HealthWise that ICT gave him the much-anticipated freedom to work at his own pace, and it also enables him to create ample relaxation time for himself and family much more than the health sector can offer.
Physicians urge caution as American scientist says worm expeller prevents COVID-19
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
A lung and ICU specialist who has cared for dying COVID-19 patients, Dr. Pierre Kory, says Ivermetcin a medication used to treat many types of parasitic infestations could have ‘miraculous’ impact in the treatment of coronavirus.
Kory, who is president of the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, based his claim on almost 30 studies conducted by him and a team of physicians for nine months, indicating that Ivermetcin is very effective in the preventive treatment of the viral condition.
Public health experts in Nigeria, however, called for caution, saying the claim should be properly looked into before being accepted.