The Young Medical Laboratory Scientists Forum (YMLSF) Cross River State Branch has elected a new set of executives to pilot its affairs.The new leadership which is the first of its kind had its inauguration recently at the Directorate of Research and Quality Assurance conference Room, University of Calabar.The new...
The Management of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has approved the extension of the deadline for the 2023 Annual Practising Licence by three months.
That is to say late payment penalty will commence by July this year instead of April.
According to a circular with reference no MLSCN/LEG/CIR/01/2023,...
A winner has emerged for the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award (iMLSOTY), second edition.
He is Friday Odum, a Medical Laboratory Scientist who works with one of the ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in the Country, Clina-Lancet Laboratory.
Odum, a graduate of the University of Calabar emerged...
A Medical Laboratory Scientist has called on the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) to consider increasing the duration of validity of it's Practicing Licence beyond one year.
According to him, the licence should be renewable triennially ( that is once every three years ) stressing, that this will...
Just as their Histopathology and Haematology and Blood Transfusion colleagues, Medical Laboratory Scientists who specialized in Chemical Pathology also have formed their own group.
The name of the group is Society of Chemical Pathology Scientists in Nigeria (SCPSN). One of the aims and the objective of the Society is to...
The national leadership of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has called out the Federal Ministry of Health, Medical Directors, and Chief Medical Directors of Hospitals over their refusal to implement declarative Court judgements.
Describing the situation as an act of "impunity, recklessness and lawlessness in the...
The immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr Casmir Ifeanyi, has said the nation is not testing enough as it concerns COVID-19 testing.
In a chat with Vanguard Good Health Weekly, Dr. Ifeanyi who was a presidential contestant in the last...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, his Excellency Udom Emmanuel has directed the honourable Commissioner of Health in the State to set up a monitoring team to ensure the standardization of all medical laboratories operational in Uyo, the State Capital.
This according to a statement from the honourable Commissioner for...
Medical Laboratory Scientists have been thrown into mourning following the death of the pioneer president of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Pa Michael S. O. Nwachukwu.According to information at our reach, Pa Michael S. O. Nwachukwu passed away few weeks after clocking the age of...
A former Head of the Department of Medical Laboratory Science has been appointed the acting Dean of the newly created Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science University of Calabar, (UNICAL).
He is Prof. Paul C. Inyang-Etoh. The one-time Chairman of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Cross River...