Nigeria: Hospital Malnutrition Worsening Due to Delayed Care – Experts

The experts called for an urgent overhaul of clinical nutrition protocols, urging hospitals to adopt a “golden hour” approach to nutritional screening as part of efforts to tackle rising cases of hospital malnutrition.

Health experts have raised fresh concerns over worsening cases of malnutrition in hospitals, warning that delayed nutritional care continues to put patients at risk of complications and death.

The experts, who spoke at a global webinar hosted by the West African Society for…