MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Mental health is a state of psychological well-being in which there is the absence of a mental disorder in a person. It is the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment. It also includes the ability to enjoy life, create balance between life activities, and be […]
TOBACCO: HEALTH TALK
Smoke wafts into the interview room as Oga Tobs, or Tobacco, walks in, eyes dour, lips darkened, coughing. He refuses to sit; instead, he brings out a cigarette and smokes while facing the window. I cover my nose with a face mask to protect myself. Oga Tobac– Please, please, my name is Tobs, not Tobacco. […]
WORKPLACE ERGONOMICS
It’s a multidisciplinary study that factors in appropriate physical, mental, and organizational processes to ensure that the workplace is fit for an individual. Improving ergonomics in the workplace has been proven to have multiple benefits like boosting productivity, reducing cost, improving quality, improving workplace satisfaction, and creating an overall safe and healthy workplace. Case A […]
UNSPOKEN DRUG ABUSE
Is it possible that you have been abusing/misusing drugs? When we hear “drug abuse”, we often think it doesn’t happen in our area. It turns out, it is quite often closer to home than immediately appears. What is Drug Abuse? We will restrict the definition to what we want to address, and could you be […]
Cervical Cancer
January is cervical cancer awareness month. Cervical cancer is a gender specific cancer because it affects only women. It is also the fourth most common cancer in women. In 2018, an estimated 570,000 women worldwide were diagnosed with the disease and about 311 000 women died from the disease. This article will provide answers to […]
Making a Plan
This post is being written in January around the time of the year when people make plans for how they will achieve the ambitions they have for their year. This is just a guide to help you make a plan. it’s not just something that works for January, the principles here will work for just […]
Generic vs Branded Drugs
Have you ever heard the expression used in medical facilities generic drugs and wondered what it meant? This article will throw some light on this subject. The research and development of a new antibiotic from when it is first imagined to when it is administered post-approval goes through the following process; i. Preclinical Testing: (3.5 […]
Top Rated Providers Q3 2021
Patfare Hospital Limited is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners (AGPMP) as both a medical service provider and importer/distributor of medical equipment. We are located at Nuromu Estate, Km 18, Airport Road (Opposite Total Filling Station), Rukpokwu, Port Harcourt TEHILA CHILDREN HOSPITAL is a limited liability […]
World Aids Day.
The messaging we used to have was that “…E no dey show for Face…” and that was back when an HIV diagnosis was a life sentence. Then, every case of HIV ended up as AIDS and eventual death. People with HIV actually died from secondary infections like tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections which happen because […]
How are you? No, really?
Have you had mornings when you wake up and are just “off”? You’re not ill or hungry, not really sad and the job is well… the job. Your family and friends are fine too. You’re not having any problems sleeping too but you feel tired and a good way to describe it may be ”my […]