Medical Joke: My Own Funeral..!!

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Just wanted to share this joke with you guys, here it goes...

A famous heart specialist died and everyone was gathered at his funeral. A regular coffin was displayed in front of a HUGE HEART..

When the Minister finished with the sermon and after everyone said their good-byes, the heart was opened, the coffin rolled inside, and the heart closed.

Just at that moment one of the mourners started laughing.

The guy next to him asked: "Why are you laughing?"

"I was thinking about my own funeral" the man replied.

"What's so funny about that?"

"I'm a gynecologist."

What do you think his coffin would like?

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Room Mate of Late Dr. Enemuo Dies of Ebola in Port Harcourt..!!

The room mate of late Dr. Iyke Enemuo,
who was among the first confirmed #Ebola cases in Port Harcourt is dead. This makes the total number of people killed by the Ebola virus in Nigeria seven.

According to vanguard news, the first confirmed Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, case that was also one of the three persons quarantined in Oduoha, Emohua Local Government Area, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has died of the disease.

The deceased, an elderly woman, is the
seventh Ebola fatality to be recorded in the country, and the first death in the new Port Harcourt isolation centre for Ebola.

She was said to have shared the same room with late Dr. Iyke Enemuo, the doctor who treated the Nigerian ECOWAS diplomat, Koye Olu-Ibukun at the Good Heart Hospital, Port Harcourt, prior to the death of the former from EVD.

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Medical Joke: The Good News and Bad News..(Must Read)..!!

An elderly man complains to his wife about feeling a little ill and after a lot of persuasion agrees to go and see a doctor.

The doctor checks him out and asks the
man to return a few days later for the results.

The doctor turns to the patient and says, "I have some good news and some bad news for you. The bad news is that you have terminal cancer, polio and have tested HIV+. But the good news is you also have Alzheimers disease so in about 10
seconds you'll have completely forgotten about it."

"Ooh good" said the patient. "What was the bad news then?"

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Cholera Outbreak Kills 16 In Sokoto...!!!

An official of the state ministry of Health, Dr. Bello Dahiru, who has been managing patients at the Primary Health Centre in Kasarawa, a suburb outside the state capital, said the number of casualties arising from the cholera outbreak was recorded within the last three days.

The cholera outbreak which is affecting mostly children, has left residents of the state in panic, and it is not clear what the state government is doing to halt the epidemic.

Cholera is known to be an acute diarrhea
infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium vibrio cholera and an extremely contagious disease which affects both children and adults and can kill within hours..

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Private Universities now conduct compulsory test for their students and Visitors...!!

Following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus
Disease, EVD, the Federal Government has been taking all precautionary measures to contain the spread of the deadly disease in the country.

The federal government also went as far as suspending the resumption of all primary and secondary schools across the country until October 13, although it has been changed to September 22.

However, even tertiary institutions are
leaving no stones unturned in protecting
their communities from the disease as
Babcock University, Ileshan-Remo now
conducts compulsory tests for every visitor coming into the campus according to VANGUARD Newspaper.

A source who revealed this to Saturday
School Life told our reporters: ''I went with a friend to visit her daughter on the
campus. One kilometer away from the
school, there were testing stations as well as security.

Some other Private Universties are also leaving no stones unturned to ensure safety of their students... A nice move I must say!!!

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Ewedu a cure for Ebola says LUTH Consultant..!!

According to P.M News, A professor of Ophthalmology at the Lagos State Teaching hospital, LUTH, Prof Adebukola Adefule Oshitelu, has laid claims that 'Genus Corchorus' popularly known as Ewedu in Nigeria is capable of curing the Ebola Virus Disease.

She said this at the 2014 African Traditional Medicine organised by NAFDAC yesterday at Ikeja, Lagos state. The programme which was arranged for Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Conventional Medicine Practitioners was in response for an urgent need of cooperation between the two health bodies in order to enhance better and reliable healthcare delivery system.

According to Oshitelu, Ewedu cures Ebola by improving an infected person's immune system, likewise providing prevention against the deadly virus for uninfected persons.

"The qualities inside Ewedu is so much that it will kill Ebola by preventing the virus from replicating and destroying more organs in the body. This would immediately stop the symptoms such as high fever, stooling and vomiting. Ultimately, leading to the cure," Oshitelu said.

She further advised people to consume Ewedu on a regular basis but with strict adherence to its preparation and usage.

"The way it will be prepared will be different from the normal way they cook it. It should be washed and rinsed with liquid vinegar, afterwards blend and cook with drinkable water. No salt, potash or seasoning should be added, take 25cl of the concoction a week and it would boost a person's immunity so that they become impregnable to the virus." Oshitelu said.

However, In a statement made by the Director General of NAFDAC, Paul Orhii who was represented by the Director of Laboratory Service, Stella Denloye, NAFDAC said it has banned illegal advertisement of herbal products and bogus claims of cure for diseases.

"Regulation is the key to ensuring that only good quality, safe and effective traditional/herbal medicines are available to consumers especially if traditional medicine and complementary medicine is to be integrated into the nation's healthcare system," Orhii said.

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Seeing The Difference...!!

A worried patient tells an opthalmologist (eye doctor):

"Doc, I am very scared about the outcome of the operation on my left eye. What are my chances?"

Doctor replied; "Nne don't worry, you won't be able to see the difference."

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The Psychiatry Patient..!!

A Psychiatry Patient was walking pass a big wooden fence at the 'Insane People's Home' and suddenly he hears all the Medical Students inside chanting, "Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!

He became curious about this, seeing a hole in the fence, He looks in. Someone inside pokes him in the eye. Then everyone inside starts chanting, "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!

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Kaduna Ebola Case Tests Negative..!!

The 19-year old law student of the Ahmadu Bello University [ABU] suspected to manifest some symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease [EVD] has tested negative to the virus.

Authorities of ABU and the Kaduna State
Government had sent the patient's blood to Lagos for testing after he reportedly manifested some symptoms associated with Ebola while on admission at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital [ABUTH].

The state Commissioner For Health, Thot Dogo, had told PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday night that the result of the test was being expected on Wednesday afternoon (today).

But Ebola Alert, an authoritative evidence- driven group of volunteer professionals working on Ebola Virus Disease interventions in the country, told this newspaper laboratory test has
shown the student does not have the virus.

An official of the group, who simply identified himself as Ladi, said the test, concluded earlier on Tuesday night, came out negative.

"Yes, it is true that the result is negative," Ladi said in response to an enquiry by PREMIUM TIMES. "Whatever information Ebola Alert puts out is authentic."

"Reaching a diagnosis of #Ebola is dependent on a laboratory test. However close it may be, it is not Ebola until it is Ebola."

The Kaduna Commissioner for Health, Mr. Dogo, had told PREMIUM TIMES that the student had been on admission at the hospital for a week.

He said after he "developed rashes with
redness of the eyes", authorities became
suspicious and decided to isolate him and test him for Ebola.

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19 year Old Diagnosed with Ebola Virus Disease in Kaduna...!!!

According to Premium Times, a 19- year old student of Law at the Ahmadu Bello University has been diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in Kaduna.

The Public Relations Officer, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Bilyaminu Umar, while confirming the case on Monday when contacted via phone said the student was diagnosed at ABUTH, Shika, Zaria.

More details to follow....

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EBOLA- A Doctor and Two Others Show Symptoms of the Disease in Port-Harcourt...!!!

A doctor, a pharmacist and another person – among those who had primary contact with the late Dr. Ikechukwu Sam Enemuo, the first Ebola victim in Rivers State, have been quarantined after showing symptoms of the virus.

The results of their tests are, however, still being awaited. The late doctor Emenuo's widow, who has tested positive to the virus, is receiving treatment in Lagos, the Nation says.

Rivers State Commissioner for Health Dr.
Sampson Parker broke the news yesterday in an update on the outbreak of Ebola in Port Harcourt, Nigeria's major oil hub and the second city after Lagos to be hit by the virus in Nigeria.

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Baby Girl Born with one Eye and a Penis on Forehead..!!

Doctors at Dr Malizo Mpehle Memorial
Hospital in Tsolo, South Africa, delivered a
baby with an eye and a penis on the forehead, the provincial health department said.

The baby girl, who was born to a 16-year-old girl from Qumbu, did not survive.

Eastern Cape department of health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the baby was born with one eye on her forehead, and no eyes where her eyes should have been.

She had a penis on the forehead even though she is a girl; and exposed small and large intestines.

"She was born with a small penis on the
forehead and one eye on the forehead,"
Kupelo said.

"She was born with no nose and where there are supposed to be eyes there was nothing, just skin covered over the area."

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FG lifts ban on Residency Training Programme for Medical Doctors..!!

According to Channels TV, The Federal Government has also reinstated all resident doctors that were disengaged as a result of the suspension with effect from the same date.

Accordingly, all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of the training centres are directed to issue letters of reinstatement to the resident doctors to enable them resume work immediately.

The Federal Government urges the resident doctors to see the magnanimity of government in reinstating them as a goodwill gesture to engender greater commitment and dedication to their duties.

The Federal Government had earlier decided that Residency Training Programme in Federal Government hospitals be suspended, pending the conclusion of the ongoing appraisal of the challenges in the health sector.

The decision was made while the strike
embarked on the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, which started on July 1, was still ongoing, and the Federal Government noted that the strike by members of the NMA had resulted in untold hardship on innocent members of the society who were in need of medical care.

The strike was, however, suspended on Sunday, August 24 (five days ago), after the Federal Government promised to meet their demands.

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New Ebola numbers show disease has killed half of those it has infected...!!!

The latest numbers show that the Ebola virus has killed 1,552 out of 3,069 known patients, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

The deadly disease "continues to accelerate," the organization said. It could eventually hit 20,000 cases — more than six times what it is now. Plus, the actual number of affected individuals could be two to four times higher than what's currently being recorded.

"More than 40% of the total number of cases have occurred within the past 21 days. However, most cases are
concentrated in only a few localities," the health agency said in a statement.

The new numbers encompass Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

A new outbreak in Congo, thought to be unrelated to the current outbreak in the aforementioned countries, was not
included in the statistics.

On Wednesday, the leader of the African Development Bank said that Ebola is causing major economic damage across West Africa.

"Revenues are down, foreign exchange levels are down, markets are not functioning, airlines are not coming in, projects are being cancelled, business people have left — that is very, very damaging,".

There are also talks that the current Ebola outbreak may affect about 20,000 persons before it can finally be fully controlled..

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New Ebola case identified in Port Harcourt..!!

According to a report on Sahara Reporters, a doctor resident in Port Harcourt who treated a diplomat that had direct contact with late Patrick Sawyer in Lagos, died last week Friday August 22nd from Ebola virus disease. Ironically, the diplomat he treated is still alive.

The unidentified doctor had taken the diplomat to an undisclosed hotel in Port Harcourt to secretly treat him after the diplomat failed to turn himself in during the search for those who had direct contact with the late Patrick Sawyer.

The late doctors wife has reportedly fallen ill and has been quarantined in Port Harcourt.

Meanwhile the hospital where the doctor works, Good Heart Hospital as well as the hotel the diplomat was secretly treated has been shut down and sealed by the Rivers state government.

The Minister of Health who had on Tuesday August 26th announced that Nigeria had only one case of Ebola is expected to make a statement today August 28th regarding this new development.

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