The Medical Library Department has successfully conducted its first-ever Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the Pre-Professional Examination of the UCTH College of Community Health.
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) School of Health Information Management (SHIM) has held its maiden induction and oath-taking ceremony for graduating students of the institution. The ceremony, which was held on Wednesday at the hospital’s conference hall, marks a significant milestone in the school’s history, which was established 32 years…
CALABAR – A 25-year-old student nurse, Elizabeth Awhobiwom Ukah, has drowned in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Converseer gathered that the incident happened on Good Friday (18 April 2025) at Big Qua Town, close to Marian Market, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, following a heavy downpour on the same day. According to sources, Ukah, a…
CALABAR – A student only identified as Comrade Offiong has died while trying to jump through the school hostel fence in Calabar, Cross River State. Converseer gathered that Offiong, popularly known by other students as Prof, was rounding off his National Diploma (ND) at the School of Health Information Management (SHIM), University of Calabar Teaching…
CALABAR – The Management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has terminated the appointment of a locum radiographer following the death of a patient at the facility. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the radiographer was sacked for negligence of duty. A competent source, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN on Wednesday…
Calabar, Nigeria – The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Cross River State welcomed five babies of 2025, with the first, Baby Rhoda Neji, born at 2:26 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Baby Rhoda, weighing 2.8kg, was the first of five babies born at the hospital’s labour ward that day. The subsequent births included:…
By Our Reporter The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has described the erstwhile Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Prof. Thomas Agan, as a friend and pillar of hope. The Vice-Chancellor said this at a Valedictory Senate Session in honour of the late Prof….
A pregnant woman in labour lost her baby after she was turned down by the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, Cross River State. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning (July 25) at about 11:53 a.m., when a man, identified as Paul Ekpe walked in with his wife (name unknown) to have a baby….
