The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Dr. Chris Amah, has said that he does not regret investing in the open heart project.

Chairman, National Cardiothoracic Centre of Excellence, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, Professor Basden Onwubere...

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State has taken delivery of ceiling mounted operating Microscope machine that could enable it deal with complex and deep brain surgeries. The facility will also help reduce the cost of treatment of the disease. A team of neurosurgeons from Sweden, led by Dr. Magnus Tiseil, who…

Mrs Nwabufo Chika, (fondly nicknamed ‘Ika’) has been a breast cancer survivor for six years. Unfortunately, last year November, the cancer spread to her spine.... and affected her walking.

A team of Indian doctors are currently at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State, on a free paediatric heart surgery mission. The doctors are on the sponsorship of the Catholic Church’s Spiritual Self Awareness Initiative. It is expected that 25 children would benefit from the free open heart surgeries which lasts for…

Foremost Nigerian paediatrician, Prof. Winifred Kaine of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, has passed on at the age of 85. Born in May 1933 to the family of late Justice Hyacinth Uchenna Kaine at Ossomala in Ogbaru Local Council of Anambra State, Kaine attended St. Mathias Catholic Primary School, Lafiaji,…

No fewer than nine persons were confirmed dead, while 12 persons sustained injuries in an auto crash on Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Enugu, SP Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Amaraizu noted that the incident happened on Sunday evening at…

The Nigerian health sector was on Monday boosted with the injection of 82 young medical doctors by the University of Nigeria College of Medicine. Of this number, 70 are medical doctors while 12 are dental surgeons. Presenting the graduands to the medical and Dental council of Nigeria for induction, at a joint ceremony held at…

Worried that blacks are disproportionately affected by cancer globally, the inaugural Global Congress on Oncology Clinical Trials in Blacks is scheduled for November 13 - November 15, 2018 at the Sheraton hotel, Ikeja Lagos. According to previous studies, Black men are 60 per cent more likely to have prostate cancer than Caucasian men, and more…

The Nigerian health sector was on Monday boosted with the injection of 82 young medical doctors by the University of Nigeria College of Medicine.

The 1997 class of medical doctors of the college of medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, have inaugurated a modern students’ refectory worth N20million in the institution

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State was a Mecca of sorts yesterday, as parents across the federation besieged the facility with their children for open heart surgeries. As at press time, 75 of the children had undergone various medical examinations and screenings to prepare them for the heart surgeries being conducted…