Yola teaching hospital discharges successfully separated conjoined twins
The Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, Adamawa State has discharged a set of conjoined twins it separated. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Bakari Girei Adamu,
The Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, Adamawa State has discharged a set of conjoined twins it separated.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Bakari Girei Adamu, said during the discharge ceremony of the twins yesterday that the hospital was celebrating the separation of the babies because the procedure was performed by surgeons who are domiciled in the hospital.
"It is heart-warming that all the professionals are domiciled here," the CMD said, adding that the vision of the hospital is that Yola rises further as a centre of medical tourism, bringing people from across the country and beyond.
"We aim at having no resident ever needing to go out of Yola for medical care except by choice, not by necessity," he said.
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A former CMD of the hospital but now a paramount ruler, Dr Aliyu Damburam, the Ptil Madagali, who was chairman of the occasion, said by its latest separation of conjoined twins, the MAUTH has once again proven itself to be a pillar of advanced medical care.
Dr. Damburam, who recalled that the separation of the conjoined male twins was the sixth in the hospital since 2013, said its presence was steadily reducing the incidence of foreign medical tourism.
The lead surgeon of the team that performed the separation of the latest conjoined twins, Prof. Auwal Muhammad Abubakar, the immediate past CMD of the hospital, said the story of successful separation of conjoined twins in the hospital and other centres around the country is proof that Nigeria has the capacity if the right training is impacted and the necessary facilities are available.
The latest separation of conjoined twins, Hassan and Hussain, was performed on March 9, after which they were placed on post-separation care.
The twins, who were brought in from Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, got all the care they got for free, all thanks to the funding provided mostly by the hospital management and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
