Madonna University To Resume on Jan 9,10.

Main Campus, Madonna University, Elele, Nigeria

This is official!!! The prestigious Madonna University is set to resume from the Christmas and New Year break on January 9th, 2015. For those students who live far from the campus, a day of grace, 10th Jan 2015, has been given for them.
Academic work starts in earnest especially for the students of the College of Medicine, Madonna University.

Signed:
Management.

Ebola Will End This Year - UN

The deadly Ebola outbreak will be ended this year, the head of the United Nations team fighting the disease has said. 

Anthony Banbury said the number of Ebola cases would be brought down to zero by the close of this year, but admitted that the end was “not close.” “We are engaged in an epic battle,” he said. 

BBC reports that the virus has killed nearly 8,000 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, where the disease started in December 2013. 

Mr Banbury admitted his three month mission had failed to hit its target of 100% safe burials and treatment of 70% of infected people. 

But he praised international efforts and insisted “the global response to the Ebola crisis has been extremely successful”. 

“Going forward it’s going to be extremely hard for us to bring it down to zero [cases], but that is what we will do,” he told reporters, adding: “I believe we will end Ebola in 2015."

Culled from InternetNews.

Harmattan: Why Do We Sleep More?

Dusty Harmattan

My lips are so dry and I seem to be having some difficulty in breathing!! Visibility could be lower than 200-meters while driving, most surfaces have different layers of dust particles (depending on how often you disturb these layers. My closest friend has bleeding lips, this is now a yearly ritual for him, for which he is least bothered. Sleep should be an uncomfortable act considering the aforementioned feature in harmattan period.

Doctors Ought To Give Nurses More Credit. Here Is Why

I have always know nurses rock!!! What are doctors going to do without them.
Watch this ZDoggMD's Ode to nurses... I thought it was so cool!!!

ISIS Fighters Have Contracted Ebola.

ISIS Fighters

The World Health Organisation is investigating reports that ISIS militants have been showing up at an Iraqi hospital with Ebola.

According to three media outlets an undisclosed number of militants displaying signs of the disease attended a hospital in the ISIS-held city of Mosul,  250 miles north of Baghdad.

While the reports, from Kurdish and pro-Iraqi sources, remain unconfirmed, WHO spokesman Christy Feig said the group are trying to reach out to officials in ISIS-held areas to offer help.

According to a report in Iraqi's pro-government news outlet, al-shabaah, the disease was brought into Monsul by terrorist arriving from several countries including Africa.

From Mailonline

New Year Mood Still On

Hmm!!! This is the second day in January and they whole place is still in a lull.
I was just wondering, with the whole economic melt-down stories, further devaluation of the Naira, on-going and planned industrial action, everybody should have returned to work.

I also hear that Monday, 5th of January is also another public holiday.
For me, these are holidays one too many. We need to be at work for our country needs to be on full steam after almost 3 days of no work.
Do you also share my thoughts? Or you disagree? Let us know!!

Just saying!!!

Facts About Ebola!!!

I still believe we cannot know too much about Ebola Virus Disease.
The disease is still ravaging our neighbours in Sierra Leone, Liberia and other places of the world.
So just take this as a reminder;

Concept of Tooth-Picking: How Cool is that?!

Nice as a meal is, there may be a major set-back. One should feel contentment after every meal, but what happens when food (especially meat, vegetable) lodge between the crevices of your teeth. I sincerely dislike that feeling. It's like something went wrong in the eating process itself. So uncool!!

2015: Healthy Eating

Yes!!! New year, new page to right every wrong we have done. A lot of people went for vigil mass or service. Most of us have already started the year off on a good note. We must continue on that good note. Back to our topic.

Welcome Into Year 2015

Hippie!!! 2015 is final here, and I thank God that we are all here.
May the peace, joy, love, and divine protection of the new born king be yours.
We are walking from grace to grace, strength to strength, level to level.

May all our desires for 2015 not be cut short; all our promotion, our increase, our possessions, we claim it all this 2015. Good and outstanding health is ours in Jesus Name. I pray for all this in the miracle-producing name of Jesus!!! AMEN.

Once again welcome to 2015 and live in the grace of God.

Health Care in 2014; How Good Was It?

Hospital services, emergency and elective, should be done with all professionalism.
In about 3 hours, year 2014 will be behind us for good. But we must learn from our past to make the present and future better.

Do you anybody, or you yourself, happen to seek medical help in a hospital?
Did you think their services was unique in a good way, or you thought government should close down this hospital?
Share your experience, and help spread the good name of the hospital that you thought performed outstandingly this 2014.

Send your views about your experience, and what you think should be done better.
For me, I tried to give the best medical help and advice I could render in 2014.

Till next year then, Wish all DQB readers a prosperous 2015!!!

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2014: Was It Fair To You??!

In a few hours time, we would bid year 2014 goodbye forever!
It came with a lot of 'goods' and 'bads'. Ebola was a hot topic for us this year. Some clinched mouth-watering deals, others did so well in business. Place year 2014 on a scale from 0% to100%.

For me 2014 was 85%. It was this year I had first hand clinical experience in delivering babies.
It is a great thing for me. The other 15% is for some trouble I had earlier in the year!!!

How was this year 2014 for you? Give your score like I did. We would love to hear it.

New Year Eve? Not For Me.

Earlier today, I got a "Red Alert Message" as follows;
 "Warning! Warning!! Warning!!!. Do not go out from your house from 31/12/2014 @ 11.59am.... because you will not come back till NEXT YEAR!!"
I initially thought it was a threat message, for I do have my fair share of detractors, but it dawned on me; TOMORROW IS YEAR 2015!!!
 
Moving on. I walked into a bank today hoping to finish my transactions and head straight for some other personal business. The banking hall was deserted, which is normally so whenever the local university campus is on break.
 But the polite cashier tried to hasten me as I filled out the forms required to seal the transaction.
I wondered why such a haste. Then it chimed 12.00 noon. I noticed the security man shutting the large doors into the banking hall. I enquired from the young cashier;
 'Why is he shutting the doors?'. And she retorted.
 'It's because tomorrow is new year'. 'We need to go home earlier to be with family and friends'

There again, caught in the no-season mood!!! I believe after my professional examinations coming on next week, I may begin to pay attention to happenings around me. For now, this is the best. I need to pass this examination at one sitting.

If you were also caught unaware, just like me, share your experience with us!!!

Do enjoy your New Year Eve!!!

Reading On A Screen Before Bed Might Be Killing You

I have always thought that there is something detrimental to staying in front of a screen over a long time. Now, new researches suggests that the problem is more serious.

Reading from a screen just before bed, not only makes it harder to fall asleep, but also impacts on how sleepy or alert the next day. The research points to the effect of reading from a light-emitting screen or from a print paper. Read about it here.

So when next you go to be with your device, reconsider the health implications of your actions. It may be for the worse.