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Sen. Kwankwaso loses younger brother, Comrade Inuwa

Former Kano State Governor, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has lost his immediate younger brother, Comrade Inuwa Musa Kwankwaso, who died on Monday morning. Solacebase reports that Inuwa Kwankwaso died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital  (AKTH) at the age of 64, after a protracted illness. A statement issued by Coordinator, Kwankwasiyya Media Centre, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said the deceased was a…

JUST IN: AKTH performs first spine surgery

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Friday successfully performed first spine surgery in the hospital. This was contained in a statement issued by AKTH Deputy Director Public Relations, Hauwa Muhd Abdullahi, and sent to Solacebase on Saturday. The statement said the consultant, Neuro surgeon and the team leader for the surgery Dr Musbahu Ahmed disclosed that the surgery was conducted following the…

AKTH to carry out free cleft surgeries

The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has said that on Saturday, Oct. 16,  its medical team will operate on children with cleft, for free. Adult patients, with abnormalities on their lips or upper jaw, will also undergo surgeries, at no cost to them. AKTH Deputy Director of Communications, Hauwa Muhammed, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement. According to the statement, the Chairman of the…

”We are not awarding contracts”-AKTH warns against fraudsters

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has denied claims that the tertiary health institution is awarding contracts. A statement issued by AKTH Deputy Director Press and Public Relations Hauwa Muhammad Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano, said the management of the hospital had of recent been inundated with inquiries  from members of the public  on the availability of contracts  based  on rumours spread…

Nigerian hospital pioneers maggot healing therapy , treats 30 patients-Salisu Na’inna Dambatta

As the country grapples with the second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and Lassa fever, the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), has pioneered the use of clinically graded maggots to treat chronic wounds that often lead to the amputation of limbs. The procedure is called Maggot  Debridement Therapy (MDT). It was an ancient process that is rediscovered by Medical Entomologist for the benefit of…

PHOTOS: Shekarau inspects FG’s zonal intervention projects in Kano

Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (APC – Kano Central), on Saturday, inspected health and education development projects being executed by the Federal Government in his Senatorial zone. Shekarau, a former governor of Kano State between 2003 and 2011, said he was inspecting both completed and ongoing projects in Dala, Dawakin Kudu, Nasarawa, Kano Municipal and Warawa Local Government Areas of the state. The…

AKTH rejects patients as strike cripples medical services

Abuja resident doctors suspend strike The industrial action by National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has crippled medical services at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH), leading to the rejection of patients.

About 350 resident doctors (70 per cent) at AKTH joined their counterparts nationwide to demand payment of their outstanding allowances among other issues with the government.

AKTH rejects patients as strike cripples medical services

Abuja resident doctors suspend strike The industrial action by National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has crippled medical services at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH), leading to the rejection of patients.

About 350 resident doctors (70 per cent) at AKTH joined their counterparts nationwide to demand payment of their outstanding allowances among other issues with the government.