Health

Over 2,000 patients benefit from free medical outreach

More than 2,000 indigent patients have been billed to receive free medical and surgical care during a humanitarian outreach organised by the Ibesikpo Asutan Organisation California Incorporated.

The weeklong medical mission, which kicked off at ImaBridge Africa Medical Centre, Ibesikpo, Akwa Ibom State, aims to meet the health needs of residents who cannot afford treatment. About 135 patients have already been booked for surgeries.

Speaking during the flag-off ceremony, Project Coordinator, Dr Iniobong Okon Ubon, said the outreach, organised in partnership with the World Surgical Foundation and Ubotex Limited, has been providing free healthcare services for over 12 years.

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German nurse gets life sentence for killing 10 patients to reduce his workload

A German court on Wednesday ordered a life jail sentence to a palliative care nurse for the murder of 10 patients and attempted murder of 27 others with lethal injections.

The court in the western city of Aachen found the 44-year-old man guilty of the offences committed between December 2023 and May 2024 in a hospital in Würselen near Aachen.

The court also determined that the offences carried a “particular severity of guilt” which should bar him from early release after 15 years, normally an option in such cases.