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BBN Rico: We condemn “Gutter Journalism” attacks on the nursing profession

Patrick Fakoya, BBN Rico Swavey

We have been following recent developments around the death of a Lawyer, Former housemate of Big Brother Naija (BBN season 3), Patrick Fakoya aka Rico Swavey by media. We use this moment to commiserate with the friends and family of Patrick Fakoya, we are extremely saddened by your family’s loss, and our warmest sympathies go out to you and your family.

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Health workers need rest! Patient safety at risk (Sep 2022)

Following the release of a new study’s findings, new questions have been raised regarding the detrimental effect that burnout among nurses and other healthcare personnel has on patient safety. According to comprehensive research that was published in the British Medical Journal, emergency medicine physicians who were stressed out were more than twice as likely to be associated with a patient

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OAUTHC NANNM EMERGENCY PRESS RELEASE

Matters arising from Emergency OAUTHC NANNM congress.The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives. OAUTHC unit held an emergency congress yesterday 21/06/2022 at the instance of current developments in the institution. Congress resolved as follow: 1. That the congress does not have any trust in the panel constituted within 24hours, where similar event had happened without a response from the

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Zimbabwe Nurses Start Strike Over Low Pay

Zimbabwe Nurses Standing Near A Tree Start Strike Over Low Pay

Zimbabwe Nurses at Zimbabwe’s state-run hospitals started a strike for higher pay and improved working conditions, a union official said. “We don’t know when the strike will end, but the main problem we are having is that there is no dialog with the employer, let alone the salaries are pathetic,” Enock Dongo, secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association, said by

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OAUTHC Nurses Association (NANNM) responds to malicious claim of Resident Doctors

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA NURSES AND MIDWIVES, OAUTHC, ILE-IFE PRESS RELEASE ON REFUSAL OF DOCTORS TO SEGREGATE AND APPROPRIATELY DISPOSE HEALTHCARE WASTE PROTOCOL The National Executive Council of NANNM, The State Executive Council of NANNM, The Local Executive Council of NANNM, NANNM Leaders locally and abroad, Healthcare Policy Makers and Legislators, Comrades of Healthcare Organizations Worldwide, Leaders of Human Rights

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Encino Hospital Stabbing: ED physician and two staff nurses seriously hurt

Three medical workers are fighting for their lives after being stabbed inside a hospital in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles Friday evening. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call a little after 3:45 p.m. at the Encino Hospital Medical Center on Ventura Boulevard. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the three people, all hospital workers, were taken to a local trauma center and

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