Mao Ohuabunwa
The senate on Tuesday, October 6 summoned the Federal Ministry of Health, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other agencies to address the National Assembly on the plight of new medical doctors awaiting residency.
This was made known in a three prayer motion passed by Mao Ohuabunwa senator representing Abia North senatorial district.
Ohuabunwa said that malaria alone is responsible for 20 % of annual deaths in Nigeria with pregnant women and children as the worst affected while pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract diseases are responsible for 19 % deaths.
Lamented on the reality that Nigeria is the second largest group of people living with HIV with a death rate of 3.1 per cent in 2015.
“Over 140 people everyday in Nigeria die from pregnancy and prenatal related consequences even after recovery,” Ohuabunwa said.
