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There are different types of healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Some are managed by the government and the others by private or joint owners. The two most popular are hospital and clinic and Nursing Home Clinic And Nursing Home Clinics are small health care facilities where minor ailments and diagnosis can be done and thereafter treated. They are meant to handle our patients. Premises where medical care is given on out-patient basis and observation purposes before referral or transfer to a hospital for further management. These establishments are not allowed to run 24 hours service. They can ONLY open for a maximum of 12 hours per day. Read Also:   The Process Of Obtaining Treatment In A Nigerian Government Hospital Nursing home is similar to a clinic but more specifically designed to cater for pregnant women and labour. Premises where maternal and child care services are provided including ante-natal, delivery and post-natal care, with bed care and nursing services. They are allowe...

Academic success is measured by grade in school. The higher the grade, the more successful the student is. And to get higher grades, knowledge is key. To acquire this knowledge requires long hours of listening to and studying relevant materials. This is what school is all about. After graduating from pharmacy school, I quickly realised many things I could have done differently. What I have learned can help many pharmacy students learn and succeed in pharmacy school. Read Also :  All About Pharmacy Lecture Under Pharmacy School In Nigerian University There is one rule of thumb when it comes to advice and taking advice from people. What works for me may not work for you. What worked for your friends, family or lecturers may not work for you. So the bottom line is to find out the best pattern that will work better for you early and do it. Studying is a trial by error approach until you find a suitable pattern. The pattern you have used in secondary and primary school may fail you in u...

It is not easy to handle failure. This includes academic failure. Academic failure is very common in pharmacy school. And many pharmacy students are depressed with nowhere to turn to or who to talk to. Read Also :  How Pharmacy Student Can Resist Suicidal Thoughts Or Ideas Not everyone who seek to study in university got admission. And not everyone who applied to pharmacy school got it. Still yet, not everyone who got admission into pharmacy school graduated or graduated with their set. Failure in pharmacy school It is so sad to see that parents and lecturers hardly talk about this. Most pharmacy students were top of their classes in secondary school. They never tasted academic failure. Failure in pharmacy school become their first taste of failure. Coping become difficult. Pharmacy students with academic failure pass through devastating situations. Solution To Academic Failure Grief Do not form strong. Let out your pain and grief. If it warrants tears, let it out. Don't bottle up ...

From my industrial training (IT) days down to internship, there is one practice that resonates with drug prescribers. They always give antimalaria with paracetamol or painkillers. The paracetamol is to be taken based on body weight every 6 or 8 hours for three days. This practice is done by medical doctors and pharmacists both young and old. What is the rationale behind this practice? Rationale Of Co-administration Of Paracetamol With Antimalarial I did a small questionnaire and pulled answers from some medical doctors and pharmacists within Nigeria. My findings showed that it was more of personal reason and not based on research and evidence based treatment plan. Read Also :  Pharmacotherapy/Treatment Of Malaria To some, the paracetamol is to reduce the fever during treatment. To others, paracetamol reduces the side effects of antimalaria. World Health Organization Recommendation Co-administration Of Paracetamol With Antimalarial A look at the world health organisation standard sh...

Wound is a break in the continuity of any body tissue. It is due to violence from another person, animals or nature. There are minor or serious wounds. Minor wounds can be managed at home or may not even require any treatment. Major wounds require the attention of a qualified medical personnel using various approaches. Wound treatment Treatment depends on the cause of the wound, how long ago, the level of damage and the health of the person. There are different approaches to the treatment of wounds. They are oral antibiotics and or pain medicine, parenteral antibiotics and or pain medicine and topical antibiotics and or antiseptic. Read Also:   Why it Is Wrong To Use Methylated Spirit To Clean Open Wound There is a strong debate as to when an injury should be covered or uncovered. Let us look at different types of injury that require treatment. Type Of Wound Close wounds are those injuries where the damaged tissue is not exposed to the exterior. On the other hand, open wounds occur...

Carbohydrates are the sugars, starches and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and milk products. Though often maligned in trendy diets, carbohydrates — one of the basic food groups — are important to a healthy diet. Sweetened Soft Drinks Carbohydrate is not the cause of diabetes but it has been implicated as it is one of the causes of obesity. Obesity has been implicated in diabetes. Obesity in adolescents and children is in the rise. One of the major pieces of advice is to cut down on carbohydrates. Read Also :  Facts; Can Diabetes Mellitus Patients Consume Sugar Cane Cutting down on carbohydrates is not easy. It will starve the body of energy. Our body needs about 50-60 % of carbohydrates. So the advice is to cut down on some type of carbohydrates. Carbohydrate is made up of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen. There are different carbohydrates. But they are all broken down to simple sugar in the body. Because that is the form the body utilises. Types Of Carbohydrates Carbohydrat...

In the past, gunshot wounds were associated with Nigeria civil war in the 1970s. Occasional gunshot wounds resulting from festivals and celebration also occurred. As Nigeria's system deteriorated, religious conflict, ethnic battle, political thuggery and arm robbery took the center stage. This came along with different forms of wounds including gunshot wounds. This saw the number of gunshot wounds rising at an alarming rate. Survival rate of gunshot wounds depends on so many factors. These include the size of the bullet, the velocity, the distance between nozzle and person and the point of contact. Very few victims die instantly. This means that it is possible to save a lot of gunshot victims. Read Also :  First Aid treatment For Gunshot Wound Treatment of gunshot wounds requires emergency attention. Damage control surgery is to ensure survival and preserve body functions. This should be done by those around and hospital personnel. The statistics of death from gunshot wounds in Nig...

Drug poisoning is very common and can happen at any time. It also happen at home or in the hospital. It is due to errors from prescriber, dispenser and user. Drug is a substance that can change body physiological behaviour. The level of this change depends on the quantity that gets into the body and duration of exposure. There are different ways drugs can be used. From the skin and through injection and oral. Drug poison There is a general saying that says that all drugs are poison. This includes paracetamol. That is true to some extent. A poison is a substance that harms the body. Every drug becomes a poison at a certain dose. That is why drug poisoning is defined as the exposure to a dangerous amount of a drug that can cost harm. Read Also:   Treating head lice with sniper insecticide is dangerous The higher the quantity that gets into the body or the longer the exposure time coupled with the person's physical and medical history will determine how much of a poison it is. Poisoni...

There are thousands of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies all around the world. Many are specialised in one form of drug production or the other. Each country have put in place regulation to control what they produce and market. For any of them to operate, they must obtain licence from their regulatory authority in their respective countries. These licence last for some years and must be renewed. Manufacturing company Not every pharmaceutical manufacturing company in the world has a valid licence. Some have never had or are still operating with expired licenses. In order to avoid confusion as to which company is valid or not, the national agency for food and drug administration and control (NAFDAC) published the list of approved pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in the world. You are free to do business with these companies. Importing drugs or going into contract manufacturing business with a company not in the list will lead to loss of resources not to mention the time. List ...