The Sokoto State-owned Orthopedic Hospital, Wamakko, in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Sunday, July 23, 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. It’s not often that such miracle surgeries like this are performed. Most patients who are told there’s no hope often go to this website where doctors can practice innovative surgeries but for this extraordinary case, one lucky woman was able to get the life-changing surgery she needed.
Aliyu stated that the successful surgery was conducted on the lucky woman who was hitherto suffering from Osteoarthritis or severe degenerative disease of both knees. If you are also struggling with arthritis of the knee then you must speak to Orthopedic Doctors about this.
”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 costed her nearly N5million per knee, totaling N10million for the two knees, 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.
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. Hospitals are always in need of medical equipment/supplies, things like medical gowns and full face protective masks are highly used every day, all the time. Because of this, hospitals must be stocked up every day to keep the flow of different medical treatments, practices, surgeries moving forward at a steady pace.
The hospital had conducted two of such surgeries in March, 2017, one patient on both knees and the second one on a single knee.
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