Bills for an act to establish 2 Federal Schools to train Medical Laboratory Science personnel were on the 9th of March 2022 read on the floor of the National Assembly for the second time.   The bills are as follows:   A Bill for an Act to Establish Federal School of...
Bayelsa Deputy Governor has hailed Medical Laboratory Scientists for the important role they play in ensuring a better health service delivery system. Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo was speaking when the newly elected Executive Officers of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Bayelsa State paid him a courtesy visit...
Members of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) have paid a visit to the newly appointed Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, to congratulate him on his appointment.   The National President of the Association Prof. James Damen led other members on...
AMLSN Oyo State Get New Executives Medical Laboratory Scientists in Oyo State have elected a new crop of executives to oversee the affairs of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Oyo State branch for the next three years. The election held at the former School of Medical Laboratory...
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has launched an online portal for practitioners registration and annual licensure renewal beginning from January 1, 2022.   According to information on the MLSCN website, the recently launched practitioner portal hosted at http://portal.mlscn.gov.ng has been designed to ease the burden practitioners face in...
MLSCN Licence Renewal 2022: is AMLSN Nat'l Dues required? I made a post the other day about the summary of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Licence Renewal 2022 (click here to read it). However, I did not take into cognizance the fact that there has been some recent...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has shut down 12 Medical Laboratories within the Uyo metropolis, the state capital.   Prof. Augustine Umoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health made the disclosure to newsmen in Uyo after the State Monitoring/Inspection Team headed by Dr. Augustine Udoh sealed some laboratories on Sunday.   Prof. Umoh...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) over the weekend gave an update on the number of COVID-19 Omicron variant cases in the country even as the Centre disclosed that Nigeria has not recorded any death from the variant.   The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said additional 39 cases of...
  The federal government has approved booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for Nigerians who are fully vaccinated. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by Mohammad Ohitoto, spokesman for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).   The development comes days after Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the government of the...
  Dr. John Ochei has been conferred with the ISN lifetime achievement award for his immense contributions to the Medical Laboratory Science Practice in Nigeria.   The grandpa of Medical Laboratory Science as he is fondly called was awarded at the recently concluded ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award...