Lagos State government yesterday said it is determined to end treatment of ailments overseas, saying the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) recently carried out the first successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa.
The state’s commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who stated this at a briefing said LASUTH has also carried out successful cochlear implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the support of foreign doctors. Idris said, “The state government, through LASUTH, also had its first successful kidney transplant carried out by the hospital’s team of Urologists and Nephrologists in November 2015 and discharged the patient in good condition on December 1, 2015, while another transplant is being planned.”
The governor said the state government recorded remarkable feats in the health sector due to the purposeful leadership and support of the present governor in 11 months.
He said, “In the period under review, LASUTH in collaboration with Vision Care and South Korean Community provided free cataract surgeries.
By: George Okojie and Odiri Uchenunu
Leadership News
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