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As Nigeria’s ailing healthcare system continues to attract public outcry, facilities like the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has stood out thanks to the man behind the wheel; its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Darlington Obaseki. In an interview with REBECCA EJIFOMA after a two-day extensive tour of the facility, he highlighted the profound impact of his four-year strategic plan to metamorphose the hospital into a leading provider of quality care solutions in West Africa Prof. Darlington Obaseki is a Nigerian Professor of Histopathology, and is currently the sixth Chief Medical Direct...

by Amy Abt, Special to The Union Rick Williams, Jennifer Briggs, Sasha Hughes, and Toni St. Jacques with Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital are shown here with the SNMH Community Cancer Center’s linear accelerator. It’s been more than a year since the world first learned of COVID-19 and much of our attention — understandably — has been focused on protecting ourselves and others from the disease that started a global pandemic. While the focus on COVID-19 is important, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation continues to support philanthropic efforts to treat and prevent ...

From 5,250 reported cases of cervical cancer in Kenya last year, 3,286 women died, making it the top killer variant among women. But the study at the Nairobi Cancer Registry at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Eldoret Registry at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) found that Kenya offers the best cervical cancer care in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study compared the quality of care in nine African countries. “By country, the proportion of patients receiving cancer treatment with curative potential varied from four per cent in Maputo (Mozambique) to 49 per cent in Nairobi.” ...

Cancer centre inaugurated Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A regional cancer centre (RCC) was inaugurated at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday. It has state-of-the-art facilities to treat cancer patients from Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Virudhunagar and Kanniyakumari districts, free of cost, if the treatment is done under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme. “In Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari and Tenkasi districts, 50,173 cancer patients are under treatment as per government records and...

Regional Cancer Centre inaugurated at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital Updated: Updated: February 04, 2021 16:48 IST The Centre is expected to greatly benefit patients and their caregivers in Tamil Nadu’s southern districts Share Article AAA Tirunelveli District Collector V. Vishnu taking a look at the state-of-the-art facilities at the Regional Cancer Centre at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital on Thursday   | Photo Credit: M. LAKSHMI ARUN The Centre is expected to greatly benefit patients and their caregivers in Tamil Nadu’s southern districts A regional cancer centre was in...