HEALTH GOSSIP: (WEIRD) Hospital uses shipping container as morgue... TEARS OF A WIDOWER...!

According to sources, when the mortuary was visited, many of the bodies which were carelessly kept were already decomposing – fluid from the bodies kept in the upper cabinets was dripping freely on the bodies below.

One bereaved husband, who had to remove the body of his wife due to the shabby way it was handled, described seeing a body so badly decomposed that its head was almost severed from its body.

The general filth and the smell of decaying bodies that pervades the area is a bazaar for swarm of flies. Visitors also fear the mortuary posses a serious health concern to the environment as well as workers, patients and other inhabitants of the area in and around the hospital.

For instance, the hospital's canteen and catering services department is just few metres from the makeshift mortuary.

"By the time I got there I could see them washing dead bodies in the public just by the side of the morgue. When the container was opened, what I saw was unbefitting for the body of a dead goat or dog," said Olu Famuyiwa, a septuagenarian who removed the body of his wife to another mortuary after it was treated shabbily.

"When the mortuary was open, I saw about six or seven bodies already swollen, smelling and water dropping from them. Because of the tip we gave the attendants they cleared the upper shelf for my wife's body. As we were about to leave, they asked me to buy a white linen cloth the following day to cover her body. I gave them N1000 to buy the cloth, as I wasn't ready to come all the way from Lagos just for that purpose.

But to my surprise, embarrassment and humiliation, when I returned she was completely naked except for a piece of perforated cloth used to cover her private part. Don't forget that they collected money from me to buy white cloth," he continued.

He also complained that his wife wasn't properly embalmed as her complexion quickly turned unusually dark and had started swelling. He said if he didn't remove his wife's body when he did, it would have further decomposed.

The last body – lying on the floor of the container – its head was almost severed from its body due to decomposition. I decided there and then to remove the body of my wife but because it was on a Saturday, we had to wait till Monday to remove her body," he added.

Standing just outside the canteen, one can clearly see unclad bodies sprawled on the mortuary's cabinet through its unclosed door. Water used in bathing the bodies is poured on the ground where it can easily flow into shallow wells, which are common in the area.

Ahmed Anuoluwapo, a mortician at a privately run mortuary, Omega Funeral Home, said proper disposal of water and other materials used in bathing the dead is an essential part of a mortician's job so as not to expose inhabitants of the area around a mortuary to diseases.

"It is important that the bath water is collected and drained properly so it doesn't find its way to public supply of water," Mr. Anuoluwapo said. "If the water used in mortuary gets into a stream, for instance, it could lead to serious health implications."

Bizarrely, while bodies were allowed to rot in the shipping container, a recently constructed mortuary sat about two metres away, unused.

Absolutely weird......!!!

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HEALTH GOSSIP: (WEIRD) 75-year-old Man dies after having marathon sex with prostitute...

This is kind of story that you hear and you are like, "who send you"lol. Saw this story on Leadership Newspaper... Please continue reading..

A 75-year-old man, Ogueshi Nwoye resident in Ogbesuwe quarters in Asaba, Delta State, slumped and died at the weekend after an alleged marathon sex with a 21-year-old female school dropout at the same quarters.

According to Leadership NEWSPAPER, the lady popularly called "Lady P", a renowned commercial sex worker, was sent out of school for poor academic performance, after failing to pass her JSS 3 exams several times.

Sources said that Ogueshi Nwoye, one of her admirers, was challenged to a sex bout after parting with N5,000, a situation that led both into some rounds of sex, which left the man gasping for breath afterwards. He slumped and was rushed to a nearby hospital by sympathisers, where he was confirmed dead on arrival.

Although DSP Charles Muka, the acting police spokesman in the state, said he was yet to get the report and could not confirm the story, an insider said that the police were working round the clock to curb avoidable deaths in the state. It was gathered that the young woman is at large presently.
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HEALTH GOSSIP: (UPDATE) Nigerian Doctor who attacked patient has been found guilty…

Dr. Abiodun Bale, a 42-year old Nigerian Doctor situated in London has been found liable of striking a female persistent, Sheena Cunningham for contradicting his conclusion.

Dr Bale purportedly snatched the patient as she attempted to leave his counsel room in tears after they contended over medicine for a facial condition.

Consistent with Daily Mail, during the court trial, Eddie Harrison, prosecuting advice told the court that Bale had asked Mrs. Cunningham to come into the practice after a phone discussion in the ballpark of an issue with her face, throughout which she had gotten upset.

When she arrived, the specialist told Mrs. Cunningham she may need to call for an emergency vehicle provided that her condition weakened later when the surgery was shut.

Mr. Harrison told Burnley Magistrates' Court that she would like to do this and as of right now he raised his voice. Mrs. Cunningham was unnerved, got up to leave and said she needed a second assessment, the court was told. [bale] got fomented and, as she ventures out, he snatched her hand to avoid her end the entryway.

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CRIME STORY: Man arrested for raping and impregnating his 14-year Old Daughter..!!

In a report by Premium Times, the Police in Lagos State said it had arrested a 36-year old man who allegedly raped and impregnated his 14-year old daughter.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ngozi Braide, made this known when she briefed journalists in Ikeja on Friday.

Ms. Braide said the girl had been pregnant for the past two months and that the man claimed she was bewitched. She added that the mother of the girl divorced her father seven years ago.

The spokesperson added that the matter was reported at Meiran Police Station of the Area 'M' Police Command.

The victim told journalists that her father brought a native doctor who convinced her that sex was part of the treatment to cure her undisclosed sickness before she was raped. Oh BOY!!!

"My father gives me native soap and sponge probably for ritual bath always. He once entered the bathroom with me and had sex with me forcefully.

"He took me to bed forcefully several times in his room and when I refused, he threatened to kill me with a knife.

"Since then, he had been making love to me under the guise that I will be cured," she said.

What a father...!!!

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Man with worst case of Neurofibromatosis ever undergoes Surgery..!!

As a Clinical Med. Student, I have seen a number of 'NFs'.. But this case is really the worst one can ever see. It brings to mind a character in the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.*apologies* Please read on to know what finally happened to him... And don't forget to leave your comments or questions..

A Chinese man has undergone surgery to remove a 3.3lb (1.5kg) tumour from his face.

Huang Chuncai, 37, from Hunan province, has been dubbed 'China's Elephant Man'. He suffers from an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, which has caused large tumours on his face that have completely distorted his features.

Neurofibromatosis is the name for a number of genetic conditions that cause swellings or lumps.

Although many people who have the condition inherit it from one of their parents, up to 50 per cent develop it randomly from a gene mutation before they are born.

He is said to have the world's worst recorded case of the condition.

On Wednesday he underwent another round of surgery at a hospital in Guangzhou to remove the tumour from his left cheek.

The operation was successful and he will now have two more to try and get his condition under control. 

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Nigerian Doctor attacks patient following disagreement over Diagnosis..!

In a previous post, I wrote about a British Doctor who was suspended for cresting his initials on a patient's liver. Well, its BRITAIN again but this time its a NIGERIAN DOC.

According to reports by Daily Mail, Dr Abiodun Olumuyiwa Bale attacked a female patient after she disagreed with his diagnosis. He is accused of having grabbed Sheena Cunningham as she tried to leave his consultation room in tears after they argued over treatment for a facial condition. Bale, 42, denied assault when he appeared in court but was found guilty after a two-day trial.

Bale, who qualified as a doctor at the University of Lagos in 1995, worked as a gynaecologist in his home country before coming to Britain and registering with the General Medical Council in 2006.

He was given a licence to practise here in November 2009 and was on a placement, for speciality GP training, at Hyndburn Medical Practice in Accrington, Lancashire, when the assault happened on March 26.

Eddie Harrison, prosecutor, said Bale had asked Mrs Cunningham to come into the practice after a telephone consultation about a problem with her face, during which she had become distressed.

When she arrived, the doctor told Mrs Cunningham she might need to call for an ambulance if her condition deteriorated later when the surgery was closed.

Mr Harrison told Burnley Magistrates' Court: 'She didn't want to do this and at this point he raised his voice.'

Mrs Cunningham was frightened, got up to leave and said she wanted a second opinion, the court was told. '[Bale] became agitated and, as she stepped out, he grabbed her hand to prevent her closing the door,' Mr Harrison said.

'He then grabbed her by the forearm with both hands and tried to drag her back into the room. She screamed and shouted at him to get off her arm. This attracted the attention of another doctor and two cleaners. The other doctor told Bale to go back into his office and then escorted Mrs Cunningham out of the surgery.'

The court was told that a week earlier the GP, who lives in Manchester, 'flipped' at another patient, shouting at her: 'For God's sake, I have other people to see besides you.'

'She got up to leave and he tried to grab her hand. She felt frightened and vulnerable,' said Mr Harrison.

Bale claimed the incident with Mrs Cunningham was a misunderstanding, saying: 'I'm a doctor, not a thug.'

But Mr Harrison said: 'There was no mistake or misunderstanding. She was crying so loudly that two ladies outside heard her crying.'

After the allegations, the GMC placed conditions on how Bale worked, including allowing him to carry out consultations only if another qualified medical practitioner was present.

He was given a six-month conditional discharge but will face a disciplinary hearing at work and could lose his job,
the paper said.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Surgeon suspended for cresting initials on Patient's LIVER!

A British surgeon is currently under investigation after his suspension over allegations that he cresting his initials onto a patient's liver.

Trouble started for the surgeon, Simon Bramhall after a colleague discovered the initials "SB" on the internal organ during a follow-up operation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, newspapers reported.

According to a statement signed by the hospital's managing trust: "Following an allegation of misconduct, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has suspended a surgeon while an internal investigation is completed".

The Daily Mail newspaper said Bramhall used non-toxic argon gas to sear his initials onto the liver.

Some Doctors are really funny. Cresting your initials on your patient's internal organ, THAT'S WEIRD. What a means of advertising your Handiwork..lol

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HEALTH ARTICLE: PYROPTOSIS not APOPTOSIS is responsible for AIDS(research)...!

The difference between HIV infection and full-blown AIDS is, in large part, the massive die-off of the immune
system's CD4 T-cells. But researchers have only observed the virus killing a small portion of those cells, leading to a
longstanding question: What makes the other cells disappear? New research shows that the body is killing its own cells in a little-known process. What's more, an
existing, safe drug could interrupt that self-destruction, thereby offering a way to treat AIDS.

The destructive process has caught scientists by surprise. "We thought HIV infects a cell, sets up a virus production
factory and then the cell dies as a consequence of being overwhelmed by virus. But there are not enough factories to explain the massive losses," says Warner Greene, director of virology and immunology at the Gladstone Institutes, whose team published two papers today in Science and Nature describing the work.

Greene suspects that researchers in the past failed to notice the process because they were looking in the wrong place. Instead of studying active CD4 T cells in the blood, his team examined spleen and tonsil tissue, where most cells are in a resting state. When HIV enters a resting cell, it transcribes its genes into DNA, but then hits a dead end: the cell's machinery isn't available to finish the replication process.

This part of the story had been known for years, but Greene's team discovered that something very surprising happens next. "Instead of that being the end of the story, cells detect that DNA in their cytoplasm and launch an immune response against it, and that immune response results in the death of those cells."

The response is a self-destruct protocol called pyroptosis. In contrast to the better-known apoptosis, in which cells die quietly without triggering inflammation, pyroptosis is "not a bland, but a fiery death," Greene says. These cells spew inflammation-causing chemicals as they die, attracting more T-cells that can then become infected themselves by the newly freed HIV. "In a bacterial infection, recruiting all these cells might be a good strategy for containing the infection," Greene says, but with HIV a vicious cycle of infection results. Pyroptosis also explains why AIDS is associated with high levels of inflammation.

Experiments by Greene's team showed that blocking a key component of pyroptosis could stop the cell death entirely; they also identified the protein that senses viral DNA to kick off the process. After studying the pathway in cultured spleen and tonsil tissue, they had an opportunity to confirm the findings in a patient's freshly removed lymph node, stained for their target proteins and viewed under the microscope. It showed the traditional virus replication happening in cells at the center of the node and resting cells dying all around. To Greene, the sight was unbelievable: "We could see this pyroptotic pathway playing out like nobody's business. In this one snapshot, we could see what we had been working on for eight years."

There's good news though: Greene estimates 95 percent of the cells that die in HIV infections are killed through pyroptosis, so the findings raise hope for a new type of treatment that could prevent HIV from progressing into AIDS. "Inhibiting activation of the immune system is not a new concept, but this gives us a new pathway to target," says Robert Gallo, director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. He warns that other pathways may be at work that are still unknown but that this one is promising if it truly accounts for the large percentage of T cell deaths.

And in fact, a drug already exists that can block pyroptosis. Known as VX-765, it was tested years ago by Vertex Pharmaceuticals as a treatment for chronic seizure disorder. A trial showed that it wasn't effective enough against seizures, but it was safe for humans. "Now it's just sitting on a shelf waiting for a disease to cure," says Greene, who is trying to arrange a phase II trial to test the drug in HIV patients."

This is solid, interesting, useful science in the field of HIV pathogenesis," Gallo says, although he questions whether blocking the cells' death might lead them to later replicate the virus. (Greene believes the cells will degrade the viral DNA and recover.)

Greene envisions the drug, if it proves effective, as a stopgap for patients in developing countries who don't have easy access to antiretroviral drugs. It could also be an addition to such therapy. Because it targets inflammation, it could reduce the risk of aging-related diseases in patients with AIDS, who are at risk for heart attacks and kidney disease, for example, a decade earlier than noninfected peers.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Man about to die marries girlfriend on sick Bed..!!

A Super story of genuine Love... Indeed True Love does exist... *sobs & tears rolling*

After knowing that Felix Glenny was suffering of inoperable bowel cancer, he wanted to get married to his sweetheart, Weller.

The wedding was attended by their children Ralph, who is two years old and Pearl, four-months-old.

Felix, 23, suffered from severe stomach cramps in November. He went to doctor to get tests done and it was then that doctors revealed that he was having a large tumor in his bowel and it cannot be operated.

Weller said after knowing the truth, there was one thing in the mind of Felix and that was marriage.

"We got married because we are in love of course, but we had to do it as soon as possible before Ryan deteriorates", said Weller.

She affirmed that Ralph is able to understand certain things, but Pearl is too young to know what's going on.

Moreover, it will be Glenny's last Christmas with kids so everybody wants it be special.

In fact, Felix Foundation page has also been created and a number of people have been donating on the same. It has been found that contribution of £10,000 has been made by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne, who has survived colon cancer.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Being HIV positive is no longer a death sentence...!

Being HIV positive is no longer the death sentence it once was, as life expectancy of those receiving treatment is approaching that of the general population.

Researchers found a 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may be expected to live into their early 70s - a life expectancy approaching that of the general U.S. population. However, life expectancy is lower for people with a history of injecting drugs as well as those who are not white.

The life expectancies of nearly 23,000 individuals on ART - which consists of the combination of at lleast three antiretroviral drugs to best suppress the HIV virus andstop the progression of HIV disease - were calculated based on mortality rates in the early to mid-2000s.

Participants in the study, by the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, were aged 20 years or older.

The remains what about the Blacks....?

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HEALTH GOSSIP: 13-year-old gives birth to triplets. Police hunt 61-year- old man...!!!

A 13-year-old girl has given birth to triplets –fathered by a 61-year-old man.

The scandal has emerged from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic where the man is being hunted by authorities for sexually abusing a child.

The babies – all boys, whom the mother has named Samuel, Joshua and Jovanny – were born prematurely at 34 weeks and are in the intensive care ward at hospital. They weighed 4lbs 2oz, 3lbs 1oz and 3lb 7oz.

However, they are expected to survive. As for the mother, she is said to be 'happy' with her new arrivals.

Victor Calderón, director of the Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Maternity Unit, said the babies are not in any danger, adding they 'are progressing satisfactorily, and they could be released this week'.

The legal age of consent in the Caribbean island nation is 18, yet it has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the world.

Nearly 15 per cent of 15-19-year-olds in the
Dominican Republic are mothers, with hundreds of babies born to girls under the age of 15 every year, according to children's right charity ECPAT UK.

The Dominican Republic's Code of Minors has recently been revised and has strengthened provisions against child abuse, including physical and emotional mistreatment, sexual exploitation and child labour, ECPAT UK said.

The offence of child abuse carry a sentence of between 20 to 30 years jail.

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HEALTH NEWS: Newly discovered antibodies raise HIV vaccine hopes...!!!

Fresh hopes for an HIV/AIDS vaccine have emerged with the discovery of antibodies that can thwart the virus. Imagining a world without AIDS is a distinct possibility, say scientists who were in New Delhi for a two-day scientific group meeting of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Dr Wayne Koff, chief scientific officer in IAVI and a leading figure in the AIDS vaccine research, said scientists have isolated, from HIV-positive donors around the world, a number of antibodies capable of blocking a broad spectrum of HIV variants. Only some infected people produce these antibodies and it takes the body three years to start doing so.

Scientists say the vaccine developed has to give people the right kind of HIV protein that "instructs" the body how to make these antibodies.

"Scientists have mapped the structure of the protein that encases HIV's critical genetic information, a development that could eventually lead to new drugs to fight AIDS.

We now understand what the HIV protein looks like, what the weaknesses are, and where the antibodies can bind them to neutralise the virus," Koff said.

When the antibodies were first isolated from donors, IAVI set out on a worldwide hunt under a project called 'Protocol G'.

In India it was undertaken by an HIV vaccine design programme set up by IAVI and the New Delhi-based Translational Health Science and Technology Institute. Researchers studied 1,800 samples across the world.

"In India, THSTI collected blood samples from 200 HIV-infected persons (who are not on any treatment) and conducted the first round of screening," said Dr Sudhanshu Vrati, head of THSTI's vaccine and infectious disease research centre. "Initial results have picked up four such broadly neutralising antibodies," Vrati added.

The goal is to isolate antibodies that are broadly effective against the HIV subtype predominant in India, said Dr Rajat Goyal, IAVI country director, India.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Hand Attached To Ankle In Emergency Procedure In China (PHOTO)..

Speaking about Emergency surgeries.. This definitely is one outstanding surgery...

A Chinese man had his right hand grafted to his ankle for more than a month following an an accident.

Xiao Wei, of China's Hunan province, severed the hand at work in November, the Metro reported.

His co-workers were able to retrieve the hand, which doctors said they would be able to reattach — just not immediately.

In order to keep the hand from dying, doctors grafted it to the man's ankle.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Nigerian Female Doctor named one of Africa's most Powerful Young Women...

Forbes Magazine listed former medic student Ola Orekunrin as one of their 20 "Young Powerful African Women" in the latest awards listing for her incredible impact on the African continent.

The list, which is made up of women aged under 45, includes some of Africa's most outstanding and "game-changing" stars.

It was compiled by a group of professional, young women who have helped to identify some of the continent's most innovative and successful talent.

25-year-old Orekunrin was previously named one of Africa's "Best Young Entrepreneurs" by Forbes after she founded West Africa's first air ambulance service.

And in 2008, she was awarded the prestigious MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship, helping to produce ground-breaking research in the field of regenerative medicine.

But she abandoned her dreams of becoming the President of the British Medical Association and a minister in the Conservative Party to set up the air ambulance service – named Flying Doctors' Nigeria Ltd – in the hope of improving healthcare in the continent's most populated country.

Orekunrin first came to light after she emerged as one of Britain's youngest medical doctors at the age of 21 following her York graduation.

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Tension in UNTH as 120 graduate doctors protest delayed induction...

The aggrieved graduate doctors who were billed to be inducted into the Medical Council, prevented the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Basil Ezeanolue and the Provost, Prof. Basden Onwubere from leaving the venue after only 18 out of the 138 graduates including the two daughters of the Dean (Ezeanolue) were inducted.

The graduates who had been waiting for their induction since August, this year, were given 48 hours notice by the Dean to report for the exercise which marks their formal graduation from the school at 9 am yesterday.

Saturday Vanguard learnt that only 18 of the fresh doctors including the daughters of the Dean were present in the hall at 9 am and the door was shut against others most of who reside at the former site of UNTH in Enugu capital city.

Virtually all the graduates had arrived the venue between 9.00 and 9.10 am but the dean was said to have ordered the security men not to allow them access to the hall despite their pleas.

But soon after the induction of the 18 graduates their aggrieved colleagues barricaded the entrance while some blocked the dean's vehicle from leaving the venue insisting that they should be inducted just as they did to their few colleagues, who were mostly children of the lecturers.

One of the graduate doctors, Kingsley Njoku, told Vanguard that the action of the Dean was premeditated saying their lateness for less than 10 minutes was not enough for him to truncate their induction which he had delayed for about five months.

He said that but for the quick intervention of the Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Bartho Okolo the Dean had earlier collected N70, 000 from each of the medical graduates, a fee he claimed was for professional license.

However, it was gathered that the VC got infuriated over the outrageous amount and demanded that the students be refunded the entire amount charged.

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