Our hearts grieve, eyes full of tears, but we cannot question the will of Allah. We all belong to him, and to him shall we return.
I have been compelled to write these few lines to honour a sister, mother, wife, counsellor, intellectual and philanthropist, whose noble companionship and biological ties have touched my life in many ways.
It has been a difficult moment for our family, people of Bauchi State and our country. Dr Zuwaira Garkuwa, a former commissioner in the Bauchi State Ministry of Health, consultant physician/associate professor of community medicine in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, died in a ghastly motor accident on November 23, 2020. That day will never be forgotten as long as we still live on this planet. She died on her way to attend an official function, typical of her nature.
Israel flies medical aid to India An Israeli plane loaded with medical aid arrived to India this morning and others will soon follow. Medical equipment from Israel arrives at the Indira airport in India, May 5, 2021. - Israeli Foreign Ministry
May 5, 2021
Israel began to send emergency medical aid to India yesterday to help fight the world s biggest COVID-19 surge. The Foreign Ministry tweeted this morning, We are delighted that the first shipment containing oxygen generators and concentrators sent from Israel last night has now arrived in India. Israel is committed to helping our precious friend India to win this battle against COVID-19. Israel stands with India.
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Colleagues, family members and classmates of Emmanuel Israel, a 100 level Mathematics student of the Plateau State University, wept uncontrollably last week when his remains were laid to rest. The late Israel was among other students who trooped into the streets to protest against the abduction of three of their schoolmates by gunmen at Ndar community, close to the university. Sadly, Israel fell off a moving vehicle as the protest endured. He later died at a hospital.
Sunday PUNCH gathered that the abducted all female students were rescued a few hours later while another male student was shot during the attack.
A Consultant Urologist Surgeon at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Prof. Nuhu Dakum has said that brain drain in the medical sector is detrimental to the development of the sector.
He stressed that medical brain drain had created loss of skilled manpower to train incoming doctors and other health care workers in the sector.
Dakum stated this while delivering a paper at the opening ceremony of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) 2021 National Executive Council meeting in Jos.
The programme is entitled “Brain Drain and its effect on Medical Education in Nigeria.“
Dakum said that brain drain in the medical sector was getting worse and detrimental to medical education.
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