FirstMobile: Your personal bank branch in your pocket by Remmy Nweke | WeekendDigits@ITREALMS

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Experience seamless banking with FirstMobile, as REMMY NWEKE explores how FirstBank’s app transforms your smartphone into a secure, 24/7 personal branch for instant transfers and bill payments. Banking redefined via WeekendDigits@ITREALMS.

Preamble:
Imagine it is payday. You need to send money to family or settle a utility bill. Years ago, this meant racing to a physical location, navigating heavy traffic, and standing in long queues, all while keeping one eye on the clock to beat the closing bell. For many Nigerians, this stress was simply the cost of doing business.

In the modern digital landscape, mobile banking has shifted from a luxury to an absolute necessity. It allows you to manage your financial life with high security and instant speed from any location.

Fuel your adventures with TECNO POVA 6 Neo, explore massive battery life - ITREALMS

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In a world where power outages are as common as morning coffee, finding a smartphone that keeps up with our demanding lives is like embarking on a modern-day quest. But what if I told you there's a device that can last an astonishing 48 hours on a single charge? Get ready to meet the TECNO POVA 6 Neo—a true game-changer that redefines our battery life expectations.

At the heart of this marvel lies its crown jewel—a monstrous 7000mAh battery, a powerhouse capable of fueling your digital adventures for days on end. Whether binge-watching your favorite series, conquering virtual battlefields, or staying connected with loved ones, the TECNO POVA 6 Neo ensures you're never stranded, even in the most power-hungry situations.

LG washing machine: Best performance for your clothes - ITREALMS

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Washing machines have developed throughout the years with new functions and styles, from top-loaders to front-loaders. In comparison to earlier models, modern washers are more intelligent, softer, cleaner and simpler to use than older machines. But because there are so many choices, it can be difficult to pick the best one.

The LG washing machine establishes a new standard for clothing performance by offering unparalleled cleaning results and ensuring the best possible care for all sorts of clothing. They are created to provide exceptional performance, efficiency, and convenience, transforming the way we do laundry. 

Meta Ads unleashed! Scaling your brand to new heights by Reuben Kalu - ITREALMS

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Introduction
In the fast-paced world of digital advertising, staying ahead of the competition and effectively scaling your brand is crucial for long-term success. With the emergence of meta ads, a powerful advertising strategy that combines the strengths of traditional advertising with the targeting capabilities of digital platforms, brands have found a new avenue to reach their target audience and drive significant growth. In this essay, we will explore the concept of meta ads, their benefits, and how they can be effectively utilized to scale your brand.

Understanding Meta Ads
Meta ads, also known as meta advertising or meta-marketing, refer to advertisements that promote advertising itself. Instead of directly promoting a product or service, meta ads focus on creating awareness and generating interest in the advertising campaign itself. This approach allows brands to generate buzz, engage their audience, and ultimately drive brand recognition and loyalty.

Exposed! How to create your own JAMBFun results - ITREALMS

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Nigerians woke up on Wednesday with some video trending on how to create result of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) for fun, reports ITREALMS.

Investigations by ITREALMS revealed that JAMBFun application (app) is a prank app which allows users to create fake JAMB results to fool your friends; You can impress people and fool your friends.

AFRICMIL to Tinubu: Declare your assets now - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) wishes to call on President Bola Tinubu to declare his assets in accordance with Paragraph 11 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution and make it public as a way of committing to the genuine fresh beginning he promised Nigerians. 

AFRICMIL in a press statement available to ITREALMS and endorsed by its coordinator, Dr. Chidi Onumah, believes that declaring his assets and making it public would place Mr Tinubu on a much higher moral pedestal than his predecessors who were not on record to have taken any significant action regarding this constitutional obligation.

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A study by McKinsey & Company found that by 2030, up to 800 million jobs worldwide could be displaced by automation and artificial intelligence.

Jobs in fields such as computer science, engineering, and healthcare are expected to experience the most growth in the coming years. 

How to clean up your WhatsApp storage - ITREALMS

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Many at times, I have been accosted with the question of 'how do I clean up my WhatsApp' with reference to the storage. We have also advocated that at this era of information highway and sharing from various sources, people have to keep pace by ensuring that their devices are kept optimal.

So, in this piece we shall be exploring how to clean up your WhatsApp storage, using the following steps.


1. On the CHATS tab, tap More options > Settings.
2. Tap Storage and data > Manage storage.
3. The amount of space taken up on your device by WhatsApp media and Apps and other items is displayed at the top of the screen.
4. You can free up storage by deleting items that are large or have been forwarded many times.


Specifically, how to free up storage on WhatsApp on your Andriod?
You can view how much space WhatsApp is taking up on your device and free up storage by deleting items.


View storage
1. On the CHATS tab, tap More options > Settings.
2. Tap Storage and data > Manage storage.


The amount of space taken up on your device by WhatsApp media and Apps and other items is displayed at the top of the screen.


First of all, review before pressing delete of any item or items.
You can free up storage by deleting items that are large or have been forwarded many times. You can also delete items per chat.


Review items
1. On the CHATS tab, tap More options > Settings.
2. Tap Storage and data > Manage storage.
3. Tap Forwarded many times, Larger than 5 MB, or select a specific chat.


You can tap the sort icon to sort by Newest, Oldest, or Largest.


The file size of the item is displayed in the top corner of the item.


Tap an item to review. You can also:
View which chat the item is from and when it was sent: Tap More > Show in chat.
Star or unstar the item: Tap Star or Unstar.


Delete items
If you choose to delete an item, it will be deleted from your WhatsApp media. Deleted items might still be saved on your device. If you have multiple copies of an item, you’ll also need to delete all copies in order to free up space.


On the CHATS tab, tap More options > Settings.
1. Tap Storage and data > Manage storage.
2. Tap Forwarded many times, Larger than 5 MB, or select a specific chat.


You can:
Delete all items: Tap Select all if you want to delete all items at once.
Delete individual items: Tap and hold an item you want to delete. Select additional items to delete multiple items at once.


Tap Delete.
Select Delete starred items to delete starred items.
Select Delete any copies to delete duplicates.


Tap DELETE.
Delete items through search
You can also delete individual items by using the search feature.

On the CHATS tab, tap Search.
1. Tap Photos, Videos, or Documents.
2. Tap the item you want to delete.
Tap More > Delete.

Optionally, tap Delete media in this chat.
Tap DELETE.

Low storage alerts
If the amount of available storage on your device reaches critically low levels, WhatsApp might not be able to function properly.

If this happens, WhatsApp might prompt you to free up space in order to continue using the app.

You can also free up space by deleting apps you don’t use or large videos, photos, or files saved on your phone. For more information about how to free up storage on your phone outside of WhatsApp, please contact your phone’s manufacturer.

NB: Delete items: To free up storage, delete any copies of these items from your WhatsApp media. Deleted items may still be saved on your device. Check box to delete any copies by pressing 'delete' and if not too sure, cancel.

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Eze to Kalu: Senate President slot not your turn - ITREALMS

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Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has declared that its not the not of Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Oji Uzo Kalu, to become the Senate president, reports ITREALMS

Eze in a press statement available to 
ITREALMS said that its wrong for Senator Uzo Kalu to wake up and begin to arrogate to himself the sole right to head the leadership of the 10th Senate, which would be inaugurated in a few months.

Adeleke to Osun residents: Mobilize and cast your votes peacefully - ITREALMS

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The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has called on people of Osun State to mobilize and troop out peacefully to elect leaders of their choice at Saturday's general elections, reports ITREALMS.

In a pre-election statement personally signed, Governor Adeleke described the Saturday election as "a critical milestone in national democratic development of Nigeria in which all eligible citizens must actively participate to decide the future of the nation.

'Don’t be deterred, remain steadfast, renew your social contract with Chief Ephraim Nwuzi on Saturday' - ITREALMS

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Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has condemned in the strongest terms, the criminal invasion of the premises of a Federal Lawmaker and APC candidate for Etche/Omuma Constituency, Chief Ephraim Nwuzi, by masked men, reports ITREALMS.

Eze who alleged that the masked men were later revealed to be security agents executing the orders of Gov. Nyesom Wike, at the wee hours of Wednesday. 

Ebeledike to Ndigbo Lagos: Your vote, your voice - ITREALMS

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The President of the Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU) in Lagos, Chief Sir Amechi Ebeledike, has charged ndi-Anambra, and the entire Ndigbo in the state on the imperative of ensuring they vote at the Saturday presidential elections, reports ITREALMS.

Ebeledike who was speaking on upholding civic responsibilities, noted that the life of every citizen depends on the choice they make with their votes.

How to identify your soulmate in relationship - ITREALMS

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How to identify your soulmate:
No matter how much of an angel anyone proves to be, you get to realize that nobody is perfect

Everyone deserves to live a happy life, we all want to be happy and settle down with someone who will make us happy for ever, even if it sounds like a fairy tale. We still all search for prince charming or our Cinderella.

If you can accept that no one is perfect in your search for a soul mate then you will realize that though you are not looking for an angel, you are looking for someone who can make you happy for as long as humanly possible.

Ndigbo, shine your eyes: The cry of a hangman - ITREALMS

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Who is Joe Igbokwe to determine who is Igbo and who is not?

Does he know that Amaechi's people lost their ownership of property in the same Port Harcourt because of the war?

'Joe Igbokwe: It may soon be your turn' - ITREALMS

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I just read Joe Igbokwe's mockery of Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu over their arrest. The one-time Publicity Secretary of APC in Lagos State and now special adviser to the Governor of Lagos on Water Resources and Drainage did not even wait for the ink to dry before shooting in self-congratulation over the arrest.

He not only mocked these men he also mocked the traditional culture of his own people in Igboland and Yoruba land: "Juju failed in Igboland and Yoruba land," he crowed. It is as if these men knew no other thing except Juju.

PVCs your key to 2019 says Senator Tinubu

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The representative of Lagos Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged registered voters resident in Lagos State to ensure they collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), which is the key to participating in the forthcoming 2019 general election, reports ITRealms.

She made this call following revelations from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that over seven million and eight hundred thousand (7,800,000) PVCs are yet to be collected nationwide. About one million and four hundred thousand (1,400,000) of these are from Lagos State alone.

ITRealms recalled that prior to the 2015 elections, INEC had introduced the use of smart card readers. This has necessitated issuance of PVCs as part of the identification and authentication process.

After the 2015 elections, about twelve million (12m) PVCs had remained in the electoral body’s custody.

“With previous elections, Nigerians developed voter apathy due to a distrust of the system. The 2015 elections taught us, however, that as individuals, our votes count. Thus, we must rise up as citizens to fulfill our civic responsibility and ensure accountability in governance,” Senator Tinubu said.

Towards the 2019 elections, INEC has released modalities for ongoing continuous voter registration. These centres open from 9 am t0 3 pm daily. But Senator Tinubu has pleaded that the period should be extended; and should include weekends to allow people who are unable to visit the centres during work hours do so during the weekend.

In addition, she said INEC should ensure that it has adequate resources to make the process quick and easy.

The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District also called for increased voter education and sensitization.

She asked the Federal Government to declare public holidays in order to give ample time for collection of PVCs ahead of the December 2018 deadline.

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Don’t just delete Facebook, poison your data first

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If you're savvy with code, you can employ a script that repeatedly alters your Facebook posts with nonsense, making it more difficult for the social media site to collect user data.

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, there’s a widespread movement for people to #DeleteFacebook. But even when you go through all the steps to wipe your account, the odds are high that Facebook still has deep caches of all your user data, which is can still use. Better than simply deleting your account is to replace all that data with nonsense, and if you’re savvy with code, you can do just that.

Kevin Matthew, a former systems administrator who owns a small web development company, shared a script he created that replaces existing Facebook posts with randomly-generated nonsense. With a little coding know-how, you could use this script to repeatedly mangle all your Facebook posts over a period of several months, to make the bulk of Facebook’s data on you virtually unusable (though it doesn’t do anything for the data that’s already been scraped by third-parties, like the kind Cambridge Analytica allegedly gained access to).

Matthew said his script is simply a proof of concept, because actually doing this may be in violation of Facebook’s terms of service (so use at your own risk).

“My background is as a systems administrator, I’ve been doing that for 20 years, and everyone has data retention policies and backups,” Matthew told me over the phone. “Facebook, with its infinite amount of resources, I can only begin to imagine how that data is being held and retained.”

Matthew’s script automatically opens Facebook posts to edit and replaced them with randomly-generated text. The idea is that if you ran the script 100s, or 1000s of times, over the course of several months, on all of your data, it would likely make it more difficult for Facebook’s algorithms to pull useful data it uses to build a profile of you, including your political leanings and sexual orientation.

“Every little bit of information contributes to that invisible profile that they’re building of everyone,” Matthew said. “If we can obfuscate it even a little bit, that at least puts the power back into your hands as an end user.”

Though so far he’s only done a proof of concept for posts, going forward Matthew said it would be possible to build similar scripts to “poison” the rest of your Facebook data, such as tracking which websites you visit by having a script visit thousands of random sites while you’re logged into your account. To make it more accessible for non-coders, it would also be possible to create a desktop-based app that would run all the scripts for the average user.

We don’t know how far back Facebook’s history of data on its users extends, how that data is stored and backed up, but this is one way to at least make an attempt at sticking it to the platform before you leave it forever.

Matthew told me his main goal, though, is to raise awareness and to draw attention to the fact that the US and Canada have virtually no “right to be forgotten” laws, something that would protect a users right to have their data purged if they want to leave a site.

“Maybe my script won’t make a huge impact on a global scale, but maybe it will get us talking about protecting our privacy,” Matthew said. “If I want my data to be purged, I should have the right to do that.” 

Courtesy: Kaleigh Rogers of MOTHERBOARD.com

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Cybercriminals: Eye on Your Health Records

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The report of over 1m health records being compromised was not a smiling matter. REMMY NWEKE writes on the need for patients to care about what happens to their personal health records, especially at this digital era.

Mbong goes to hospital:
Recently, Kemsi Mbong went to a medical facility where he registered his family for usage any time his health fails him or that of any member of his family. In the cause of a surgical operation, he was charged and a few days later was discharged to go home, while he continues with his check-ups eventhough the stitches were very much intact on him.

During his first check-up from him, after seeing his medical doctor, he was furious to discover he was being charged some extras, which he protested and along the line had a shouting match with the medical doctor, although he later apologised when he calmed down, the doctor wrote off the supposed bill and the pharmacist was asked to give him his medication.

However, Kemsi Mbong was not satisfied as he suspected the drugs may have been reduced for the doctor to have written off the medications, thereafter he requested to see his health records or his ‘file’ as the local parlance accommodates. Surprisingly, his request was turned down by the front-desk and pharmacist.

Why you need a personal health record:
Everyone has a fundamental right as a patient to have a Personal Health Record, which is a collection of all of those lab results, x-rays, treatments, prescriptions, appointments, weight-loss plans and medical records in one place. This record, experts say, must be in an accessible place to the patient because it matters and is your health we are talking about here.

Some of the reasons, experts offer on the importance of patient having access to their records to include allowing them or a physician to make better health decisions in the long run; it improves accurate medical response in a crisis and reduces misdiagnosis and the hazards or expenses associated to it. In addition, experts canvassed  that PHR saves you time and money in routine checkups; reduces the number of medical appointments, by allowing a direct connection between physician and patient; enables self-monitoring, which means you can keep your own track on glucose, blood-pressure, diet, medications and many more.

Just as it makes care-giving for the elderly, disabled, or physically and or mentally impaired easier and more effective by way of putting you as a patient, or caregiver, in control of the health, and medical, decisions that affect you and the ones you love.

FOA and personal medical records:
Though Kemsi Mbong persisted and advised they seek a senior management approval to allow him access to his medical records at the private hospital, which they sought, but the doctor on hearing the request was made by the patient who just had a shouting match, reportedly alarmed and promptly declined the offer.

Getting the wind of this development, DigitalSENSE Business News contacted a Freedom of Information (FOI) lawyer, who was identified as Barr. Chukwuemeka, on whether a private hospital qualified for a public institution? He responded by saying that “Yes indeed it is a public institution since it renders services to the public. I should think what applies to government hospitals as a public institution does to a private hospital,” stressing that a public institution is defined in the FOI Act ... Sections 2(7) and 30, insisting that a patient need not apply under the FOI for his or her personal information.

Another lawyer, Barr. Esther Ani noted that a patient could see her own personal records, based on the general law and not FOI Act, explaining that “Personal medical history...is not public information.”
According to Barr. Ejike, the question raised is ideally best addressed under a Data Protection Law, stressing that under Section 14(2)(a) of the FOI Act, a patient has the right to see his/her medical records, if the records are held by a public institution, that is an institution to which the FOI Act applies.  The provision states that “A public institution shall disclose any information that contains personal information if the individual to whom it relates consents to the disclosure.”

He also said, the Doctor-Patient privilege...protects the ‘Patient’s’ information from being disclosed to the public; The Patient however can waive this exemption by giving consent to allow another person access to her personal information but the doctor/hospital cannot; The patient does not have to apply under FOI for her personal information,for the simple reason that it is hers.

Ejike equally stated that the situation would have been different if it was not patient-doctor privilege, pointing out that if it was employee personal information maintained in the cause of employment and functions as a staff of a Public Institution.

As said by him, Section 14, subsection (2) envisaged a “situation where a person (other than the person to whom the information relates) requests access such a request shall be denied...except the person to whom the information relates gives consent.... under s.14 at least 2 different persons are involved.... The patient cannot be an applicant for access ....which is subject to exemption....and also be the person to lift the exemption by giving consent.”

Data Protection Law and FOI:
For Barr. Omenauya, since the discussion is on the patient having access to his or her records, its completely illogical and makes no sense at all as the only reason for the protection of personal information, including information subject to doctor-patient privilege, is to protect the person to whom the information relates.  

“Once the person to whom the information relates consents to disclosure, the institution has no more discretion in the matter and has no reason whatsoever not to disclose the information. The Law states that the institution shall disclose the information. There would be no other reason permissible under the Law for the institution to withhold the information,” he said.

Further, Omenauya said, there is nothing in the FOI Act barring anyone from requesting any information on the ground that the information is about him or her.  And there is nothing in the Act similarly exempting any information from disclosure on the ground that it is about the person asking for it.  A person can ask for information relating to him or her.

100m medical records compromised:
This came as DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that medical records have been touted as increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals, just as 100 million records have been lately compromised.

According to the Area Manager for East and West Africa at Check Point Software Technologies, Rick Rogers, at the recent Healthcare Innovation Summit (HIS), quoted the data from the United States (US) which showed that 89 per cent of healthcare institutions suffered a security breach and were twice more likely to be targeted than other organisations.

Underlining the fact that prevention is better than cure, he noted that the healthcare industry, arguably is one of the most technologically advanced considering the gadgets and devices now used to monitor health statistics and perform medical procedures, is ironically among the most ‘unhealthy’ when it comes to network security.

Medical records more valuable to cybercriminals than credit cards:
Rogers emphasized that healthcare record theft increased a shocking 1,100 per cent this year with more than 100 million records compromised worldwide, stressing that the biggest threat, according to KPMG, comes from external attackers at 65 per cent, while malware tops the list of information security concerns. Pointing out that with technological abilities, there is multi-faceted hindering good information security comprising valuable data, ageing infrastructure, complex networks, no budget and easy targets, coupled with lack of understanding and awareness.

He posted that valuable data comprises data collected and stored by hospitals and other organisations, such as medical aid schemes, is up to 10 times more valuable to cybercriminals than credit card information. Roger noted that due to the sheer volume of information gathered about individuals and the fact that people see an increased shift to digital medical records, which makes it easy to commit fraud and identity theft. He stressed that given the value of this data on the black market, cyber-attacks are becoming ever more sophisticated in their attempts to hack healthcare institutions, to name a few.

Buttress the point on 100 million records compromised, cyber security experts at securityintelligence.com, quoted the Director, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights, Jocelyn Samuels, as saying that “One of the biggest current threats to health information privacy is the serious compromise of the integrity and availability of data caused by malicious cyberattacks on electronic health information systems, such as through ransomware.”

Samuel identified prevention and protection as essential, since paying cybercriminals does not always guarantee getting required information back, stressing that researchers have discovered a ransomware variant that just deletes files even if it has been paid for according to recent Dark Reading report.
Further, SecurityIntelligence.com reported that the health care industry has continued to experience significant changes in security risk, driven by rapid digitization, changing patient expectations, regulatory pressures from Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and limited budgets, where such exist to name a few.

According to experts at an free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the terms medical record, health record, and medical chart are used interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient’s medical history and care across time within one particular health care provider’s jurisdiction.The health record includes a variety of types of “notes” entered over time by health care professionals, recording observations and administration of drugs and therapies, orders for the administration of drugs and therapies, test results, x-rays, reports to name a few. Also, experts said that the maintenance of complete and accurate medical records is a requirement of health care providers and is generally enforced as a licensing or certification prerequisite.

Thus, the terms are used for both the physical folder that exists for each individual patient and for the body of information found therein.

Over time, health records have traditionally been collated and maintained by health care providers, but given advances in online data storage have led to the development of personal health records (PHR) that are maintained by patients themselves, often on third-party websites. In Nigeria, this kind of service has not gained momentum, yet this concept was supported by the United States (US) national health administration entities and by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Another school of thought argued that a health record is simply a collection of your health information, including your dietary habits, fitness, physical abilities or status, hormonal balance, age, weight, blood pressure, among others, whereas your medical records, are those files that your physicians keep and update whenever you pay them a visit for a checkup, or go into the emergency room. They posited that medical records are usually not available to patients and in times of need, it can be ridiculously expensive to gather all of your medical records. Hence, the sad part is you may not even have the time to do that at emergency period.

Is Nigeria medical records digitized?:
The Chairman ofa cybersecurity organization, Consultancy Support Services (CS2) Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, in his reaction described the situation as certainly an impending challenge, wondering how many Nigerian medical records are currently digitised? He went on to ask how safe or secureis even themanual medical records, currently in use largely, adducing that a visit to a typical medical facility will answer that.

He further asked whetherNigeria as a society really care about such privacy?Just as emphasized that it would evolve a world class medical sector to deploy world class best practices for securing medical data.

Summary:
The importance of access to information and especially health records cannot be over-emphasised. This is moreso given the number of patients who may have lost their lives due to poor medical attention, records and wrong diagnosis to mention a few.
The urgency with which the insurance could respond to health care system and attacks on health records by men of cybercriminals cannot be over-looked or waived, just as extra education is needed for more Nigerians to continue to embrace and learn further on their undeveloped access to information and their records cannot but be encouraged as that will make more medical doctors to live up to their oath of medical profession, otherwise known as ‘Hippocratic Oath.’ 
DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that the historical oath by medics is usually taken by physicians and stands out as one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts; which in its original form requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards, which at this modern times should include preservation of patients privacy and protection of such rights.
Above all, every patient, has the right to his or her health records, if not a constitutional matter, at least, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act comes handy to endorse access to information including your own records beyond health institutions, to way of life.
So, when next at your hospital, make effort to ask for your medical records and see how they will react, which definitely will tell you if they cherish your right.

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