In an attempt to prevent cases of overcrowding in COVID-19 vaccination centres across the state, the Lagos state government has clarified that the first phase of the ongoing exercise is strictly for health workers, frontline staff and essential duty personnel. According to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state had been…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday reassured Lagos State residents that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe. The Governor stated that he did not feel any side effects as claimed by some persons. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who received the AstraZeneca vaccine alongside his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,…
Lagos State Government’s massive investment in human capital development of the workforce is now yielding dividends as the State Public Service has produced the first Forensic Dentist in the whole of West Africa. The State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, disclosed this while introducing Dr. Victor Adekunle, who just completed a…
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, yesterday welcomed the first babies of the year in four state-owned health facilities, namely: Mushin General Hospital, Alimosho General Hospital, Orile Agege General Hospital and Ayinke House, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who was at these hospitals to celebrate the arrival of the newborn babies,…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday commissioned a Permanent Triage and Oxygen Therapy Centre at Eti-Osa Local Government to provide swift emergency oxygen therapy to residents who require such service. The facility, which doubles as a COVID-19 sample collection centre, is located within the premises of the Eti-Osa Maternal and Child Care…
At the induction and graduating ceremony of the 15th set of Medical Doctors and 5th set of Dental Surgeons of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) held over the weekend. Prof. Adetokunbo O. Fabamwo, the Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), admonished the new doctors to thirst…
Lagos state government has once again stressed the need for residents to strictly adhere to precautionary measures against the transmission of COVID-19 to prevent another lockdown of the economy, adding that a resurgence of cases in Lagos may stall measures put in place by the government to open up the economy. The State Commissioner for…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday commissioned a self-contained 20 bed holding bay and high care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to isolate suspected Covid-19 patients/cases to avoid further exposure of other patients before their test results come out. Sanwo-Olu, represented by the first lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the…
The man who has been at the fore-front in the fight against COVID-19 in Lagos State, Prof Akin Abayomi, has finally contracted the virus. Prof Abayomi is the Commissioner for Health in Lagos State and a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed on Monday that he has tested positive for…