Public Health Care Guide: For Medical and Health Education
Public Health Care Guide is a health information portal aimed at enlightening members of public on common medical conditions that affects us as well as modern & best health practices and other health related matters.
Publications on Public Health Care Guide are all written or reviewed by Doctors who went to Medical school or other health care professionals in their respective fields, and are available to take your questions and provide possible solutions, thereby bringing the best in medicine and healthcare to your fingertips. We hope to provide quick, effective and dependable answers for your health concerns particularly for non-life threatening cases.
DIAGNOSTIC & LAB SERVICES
After Your E-consultation, we would arrange a laboratory test for you at the best locations, while maintaining your confidentiality and privacy.
PERSONAL/SPECIAL CARE
Are you in need of a Family Doctor, Home Nursing or Home Rehabilitation Services?,
Give us a call today, and we would find you the best available provider around your location.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Health education sometimes takes us to the villages and other remote areas on medical outreaches, for education as well as provision of other basic health care services.
Recent Submissions From Our Writers
Cataract Blindness: Causes, Treatment, cost (Pidgin)
Oya, imagine say your eye be like camera wey dey snap picture for your brain. E get lens inside wey dey help you see things clear—sharper than 4K TV! Now, cataract na when dat lens wey dey your eye begin turn cloudy, like say dem pour milk or ogbono soup inside am. E no let
Enlarged Prostate/BPH: Causes, Symptoms (Pidgin)
You sabi dat small gland wey dey under man bladder, wey dey help make sperm juice? E dey like small walnut, e dey wrap round dat pipe wey your piss dey pass (dat one na urethra). Dem call am prostate. But as you dey old, especially when you don pass 50, dis prostate fit begin swell up like say e chop puff-puff! Dis one na wetin dem call Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). No be cancer o, and e no go make cancer come, but e fit make your life wahala small.
Departments
Convulsion in Children in Nigeria
Childhood convulsion usually have a specific cause which must be identified and treated in the management of the convulsion, else, the convulsion would continue to re-occur.
1. Convulsion/Epilepsy is not an infectious disease, so don’t run away from people with convulsion
2. A child having convulsion/Epilepsy does not mean he/she would die
3. Witchcrafts, evil Spirits are not the cause of convulsion/Epilepsy
4. Prayers, Charms, incantations, cow or human urine, kerosene, burning with fire does not treat convulsion/epilepsy.
5. Laying the person on his side can help the convulsion/epilepsy
6. Don’t put your hand, spoons, knife, fork, etc in the person’s mouth
7. Take the person to the hospital once the convulsion stops.
Common Causes of Convulsion in Our Environment Include:
Benefits of Immunization For Nigerian Children
Immunization is a medical practice which employs the use of vaccines, which are weakened or dead antigens(could be virus, or protozoa) to improve our immune system.
- Immunization is made to prevent diseases and not to cure sicknesses.
- Immunization/Vaccination is not a means/strategy to reduce population.
- Immunization/Vaccination doesn’t cause impotence/sterility or any other disease.
- Immunization is Free and It is your basic right as a Nigerian.
The Following diseases are Preventable by Immunization and given at the following Period:
Meet the Team
Is it the people who make Public Healthcare Guide what it is and we all work together to provide the best quality of care.
Dr Abosede Lewu
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Expert on Women’s Health (Fibroids, Infertility, Menstruation & Pregnancy issues) etc.
Dr. Agu Uchenna Precious
Opthalmology
Dr. Agu Uchenna Precious is certified by the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN in Medicine and Surgery.
Dr. Ahamefule Henry
Cardiology
Dr. Ahamefule Henry is a member of the Cardiology Unit at PHCG. He trained at UNTH in Enugu State, Nigeria.
Dr. Akaji Ifeyinwa Victoria
Psychiatry
Dr. Akaji Ifeyinwa Victoria is a House Officer at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Ituku Ozalla, Enugu.
Dr. Amaeze Victor Ogechukwu
Gynaecology
Dr. Amaeze Victor Ogechukwu talks about issues bothering on women’s health, Fertility and Family Planning.
Dr. Amarah Goodness
Opthalmology
Dr. Amarah Goodness is a member of the Opthalmology Unit at PHCG. She trained at UNTH in Enugu, Nigeria.
Dr. Aminu Mukailah Kwari
General Surgery
Dr. Aminu Mukailah Kwari is a House Officer at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe in Gombe State, Nigeria.
Dr. Mbonu Clinton Anayo
Paediatrics
Dr. Mbonu Clinton Anayo is a member of the Paediatrics Unit at PHCG. He studied at the University of Nigeria, Enugu.
Dr. Nwaigwe Cynthia Adaigwe
Psychiatry
Dr. Nwaigwe Cynthia Adaigwe is a member of the Psychiatry Unit at PHCG. She trained at UNTH in Enugu State, Nigeria.
Dr. Nwonye Brian Chidiebube
Surgery
Dr. Nwonye Brian Chidiebube holds an MBBS Degree from the University of Nigeria in Enugu, Nigeria. (MBBS, Nig).
Dr. Obasi Chibuzor Chinedu
Family Medicine
Dr. Obasi is a General Practitioner with the General Hospital, Uwani in Enugu South LGA of Enugu State. He Studied at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Ogamba Nzubechukwu Paul
Gastroenterology
Dr. Ogamba Nzubechukwu Paul is a Medical Officer at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Dr. Onwosi Ikechukwu. D.
Infectious Diseases
Dr. Onwosi I. D. is a member of the Infectious Diseases unit at PHCG. He trained at UNTH in Enugu State.
Dr. Ozoemena Chiadikobi Avellino
Surgery
Dr. Ozoemena Chiadikobi holds an MBBS Degree from the University of Nigeria in Enugu, Nigeria. (MBBS, Nig). He is a resident doctor at the Dept of Surgery, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ESUTH, Parklane, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Dr. Ozoemena Davidson
Department of Urology
Dr. Ozoemena Davidson holds an MBBS degree from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, in Enugu, Nigeria.
Dr. Ubechu Samuel Chinonso
Community Medicine
Dr. Ubechu is a member of the Community Medicine Unit at PHN. He Studied at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Umunna Emmanuel
Dentistry
Dr. Emmanuel is certified by the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria in Dentistry and Dental Surgery.
Medical Walk-in Process
At Schools and Markets
It is important to meet people where they work if Health education must be provided adequately.
