By Sidi A. Umar
Sokoto
Noma Hospital, Sokoto, has disclosed that it had successfully performed reconstructive /plastic surgeries on 36 patients suffering from Cancrum Oris and other related ailments.
The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Dr Bello Ahmed, made the disclosure this in Sokoto recently when he addressed newsmen, said the surgeries were conducted between January and April, this year, by a five-man team of surgeons from the USA and Germany.
He said the surgeries were conducted on patients who were suffering from Cancrum Oris disease, bone injuries, accident-related facial, and limb and body deformities.
According to him, the surgeries were done free, including the provision of drugs, feeding and accommodation of the patients.
He added that the surgeries were sponsored by the Sokoto state government and Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF).
“Sokoto state government provides free drugs, medicament, logistics while MSF took care of the Surgeons flights to and from their respective countries,” he said.
