16Feb, 2023

NEC BEGINS CORNEA REFRACTIVE SURGERY

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Cornear refractive surgery is live at National Eye Centre. The pictures below are from the very first procedures here in the Centre. And… this is the first in Nigeria! The AMARIS has been recently installed by SCHWIND at National Eye Centre, Kaduna Institute of Ophthalmology. by their distribution partner AFRIQUEMED. First surgeries have been successfully performed.  
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16Feb, 2023

NEC STAFF HANDBOOK

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This handbook may be cited as THE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE STAFF HANDBOOK APPLICATION:  The provisions contained in this handbook will apply to all staff employed by the Centre. The provisions in this Handbook may not necessarily constitute a contract between the Board of Management of the Centre and the Centre’s employees and nothing in it shall confer on any employee a legal right to any of the provisions and Board of Management may at any time revoke, alter, add, subtract or amend the provisions laid down herein. INTERPRETATION: In this […]
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21Feb, 2022

NEC PRODUCES BEST CANDIDATE FOR WACS FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATIONS 2021

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National Eye Centre, Kaduna has produced the best candidate for Part II Fellowship examination of the West African College of Surgeons for the year 2021 in the person of Dr. Mustapha Bature FWACS. Mustapha Bature is an ophthalmologist who trained at National Eye Centre, Kaduna and is a lecturer at Usman Danfodiyo University with clinical work at the university teaching hospital. In 2018, he co-founded EyeFocus, a platform for “advancing eye health through shared learning,” leveraging on technological solutions. The aim is improving quality eye care provision to all which […]
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9Feb, 2022

SALE OF APPLICATION FORM INTO SPBON 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION

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The sales of OND form into the School of Post Basic Ophthalmic Nursing, National Eye Centre, Kaduna for 2022/2023 academic session has commenced. PLEASE STUDY THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING THE ONLINE FORM INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Applicant must be a registered nurse (RN) with a current practicing license from Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria. 2. Have at least one (1) year post qualification experience. 3. Possess 5 Credits Pass in English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry in not more than two (2) sittings (WAEC and/or NECO are acceptable). APPLICATION GUIDELINE: […]
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18Nov, 2021

WORLD DIABETES DAY 2021

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The National Eye Centre Kaduna commemorated the World Diabetes Day, 2021 on the 15th of November, 2021. Activities included a week long free diabetes screening of both staff and members of the public, an outdoor walk and a public lecture. The lecture was given by a guest lecturer, Dr. Beatrice Bello-Ovosi, a consultant endicronologist with the Kaduna State University.   The World Diabetes Day was anchored by the NEC DM team, headed by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. M.B Alhassan.  Other members of the team are: Dr. Beatrice Bello-Ovosi – […]
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15Oct, 2021

WORLD SIGHT DAY 2021

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Every second Thursday of October is designated as Word Sight Day by World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners. This year’s theme is: Love Your Eyes. The theme emphasizes the importance of our respective eye health and the need for regular eye check up to be included in routine medical examination. It’s a day we remind the general public that 84% of blindness in Nigeria is avoidable and that adopting healthy lifestyle as well as good health-seeking behaviour are fundamental in blindness prevention drive. It’s also a day we draw […]
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28Sep, 2021

Flag Off of Free Medical Outreach in Zaria

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The National Eye Centre was at the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Centre, (Asbitin Kantoma) in Zaria GRA for the Flag off of Free Medical Outreach in conjunction with Doctors on the Move, Africa. The programme is the Federal Government’s efforts to bring medical care, including eye care to the grassroots. Dr J. H. Kigbu of Doctors on the Move Africa, showed the leader of NEC team and CMAC, Dr. Thelma Ndife around. The team later went to Saidu Dange Specialist Hospital, Nigeria Railways, Sabon Gari, were surgeries were performed […]
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