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Makoko, Lagos Nigeria Medical Outreach 2019
- May 19, 2019
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No fewer than 400 residents and less privileged in Makoko Community of Lagos on Saturday benefited from a free medical outreach, organised by a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as the “Docotal Health Foundation”. News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the theme of the outreach is, “Helping the World through Medical Health Programme”, and organised
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Health Situation Analysis in Warri by Docotal Health Foundation Team
- April 22, 2019
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Docotal Health Foundation (DHF) was founded on January 1st 2018 and incorporated in February 2018 by C.A.C, Nigeria (Reg. No: 105843) by two Cuban-trained doctors Dr Lateef Basaru and Dr Okey Ekemezie with a vision of providing free healthcare to the less privileged and vulnerable in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. DHF hosted
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Counting costs: 10 Top destinations for Medical Tourism in the World
- January 9, 2019
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When we are talking about the phrase “Medical tourism”, we mean seeking medical care in another country. Millions of people travel overseas for treatment every year. There are so many factors which trigger the decision to seek medical help abroad. A lot of individuals worldwide travel for treatment. Sometimes because of the affordable cost of
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HIV vaccine underway
- July 9, 2018
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An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results. The treatment, which aims to provide immunity against various strains of the virus, produced an anti-HIV immune system response in tests on 393 people, a study in the Lancet […] Click here to view original
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How to prepare Mashed Cocoyam
- June 22, 2018
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Mashed cocoyam popularly refered to as “Mpoto mpoto” is a meal enjoyed by many Ghanaians. Ingredients: Diced coco yam /yam Dried fish Tomatoes Onions Garlic Pepper Ginger Palm oil Salt Onga cube. Method: 1. Peel the coco yam and cut into small pieces and wash […] Click here to view original web page
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A New Ear Transplant Inside A Soldier’s Forearm
- May 14, 2018
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On Monday, US Army surgeons announced that they had successfully transplanted a soldier’s ear onto her head after “growing” it inside her forearm. US Army photo / Via army.mil In the total ear reconstruction, plastic surgeons at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, used cartilage from […] Click here to view original
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Interview with Nnamdi Odumody (Grow Eastern Nigeria)
- May 9, 2018
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The health sector in Nigeria is one that is grappling with many challenges one of which is state of art infrastructure and modern technologies transforming the delivery of affordable and quality health which has made the country to lose an annual $2 billion to medical tourism. Dr Nnamdi Elenwoke founder of Docotal wants to revolutionize the
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Interview with Odinaka Anudu (Businessday Newspapers)
- May 8, 2018
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NNAMDI C. ELENWOKE is a neurosurgeon based in Basque, Spain. He works in a hospital in Santiago Apostol, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. In this interview with ODINAKA ANUDU, he speaks on brain drain, medical tourism and why Nigerian doctors in the Diaspora are not interested in returning home. Brain drain in the Nigerian Health sector Indeed, brain drain is a
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Interview with Adaku Onyenucheya (The Guardian Newspapers)
- May 2, 2018
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Dr. Nnamdi C. Elenwoke is a consultant neurosurgeon at Hospital Santiago Apostol, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The 35-year-old Nigerian-born physician in this interview with journalists, during a routine visit to Nigeria, said online medical consultation such as that provided by Docotal Health (www.docotal.com) could help to reduce brain drain and medical tourism. ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA was there. Excerpts:
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Introducing…Docotal Mobile App
- January 8, 2018
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We have launched our DOCOTAL app (IOS version), bringing you faster and easier access to free medical online consultation. We hope you will be informed, inspired and entertained with content from our app. Once you have synchronized your app with your personal login you are now able to communicate with our doctors and access other Docotal products. With