– According to the hospital’s chief medical officer (CMD) Dr. Nuradeen Altine Aliyu, the lucky patient had been suffering from Osteoathritis or severe degenerative disease of both knees
– The CMD also disclosed that the operation had been conducted by surgeons of the hospital and their colleagues from the National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, Kano state
– Aliyu further thanked the state government for subsidizing the surgery which would have been more expensive if the patient had traveled abroad for the procedure
– The state health commissioner Dr. Balarabe Shehu Kakale, also urged other prospective clients to patronize the cheap medical services available at the hospital
In a landmark medical procedure, a successful bilateral total knee surgery has been performed by the Sokoto state-owned Orthopaedic Hospital, Wamakko.
ZENITHBLOG.com notes that the news was made public via a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Orthopaedic Hospital Wamakko.
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It read in part: “The Sokoto state-owned Orthopedic Hospital, Wamakko, in Wamakko Local Government of Sokoto State on Sunday (23rd July, 2017) successfully conducted a bilateral total knee transplant on a 50-year old woman, names withheld.
“The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Nuradeen Altine Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen in Wamakko town on Monday.
“Aliyu stated that the successful surgery was conducted on the lucky woman who was hitherto suffering from Osteoathritis or severe degenerative disease of both knees.
“He said, ‘the surgery was conducted by surgeons of the hospital and their colleagues from the National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala in Kano, Kano State.
‘The entire procedure cost N1million per knee, hence gulping only N2million, as it was highly subsidized by the state government.
‘The surgery would have cost her nearly N5million per knee, if it was done outside Nigeria.
‘This is great relief for her, as the cost had been highly subsidized here, compared to other places like India, Egypt or Germany.
“Aliyu commended the state government for providing the implants needed for such surgeries at highly subsidized prices, coupled with other incentives.”
The statement further read: “Also commenting, the state health commissioner, Dr Balarabe Shehu Kakale, urged other prospective clients to patronize the cheap medical services available at the hospital.
“Kakale stated that the hospital has the equipment and manpower to provide an array of orthopedic and other related medical services, at highly subsidized prices.”
Also attached to the statement, were the following pictures:
Surgeons stand around the patient as they prepare to perform the landmark surgery (Photo credit: Facebook: Othopaedic Hospital Wamakko)
Orthopaedic surgeons operate on both knees of the patient (Photo credit: Facebook: Othopaedic Hospital Wamakko)
The knees of the lucky patient are wrapped with bandage, after the successful operation (Photo credit: Facebook: Othopaedic Hospital Wamakko)
Members of the operating team pose for a picture (Photo credit: Facebook: Othopaedic Hospital Wamakko)
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Meanwhile, ZENITHBLOG.com previously reported that the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) made history by carrying out the first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa.
This was made known by the state’s commissioner for health Dr. Jide Idris, at the ministerial press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in commemoration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s one year anniversary.
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