Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in December 2015 carried out the first
successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa as well as successful Cochlear
Implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the support of foreign
doctors, the state government said yesterday.
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.
Commissioner
for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who made this known at the ongoing Ministerial
Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in commemoration of
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s one year anniversary, said just in 11 months, the
government recorded remarkable feats in the health sector due to the purposeful
leadership and support of the governor.
He
said in the period under review, LASUTH in collaboration with Vision Care and
South Korean community in Nigeria, provided free cataract surgeries for 120
Lagosians and treated 250 outpatients between November 9 and 13, 2015 with 100
percent success rate, while under the blindness prevention programme, 7,250
patients with varying ophthalmic conditions were screened at 29 different
community screening venues out of which 4,867 representing 67.1 percent were
given free glasses.
The
commissioner said apart from the fact that LASUTH won several international
awards of excellence in the period under review, Departments of Internal
Medicine (ENT), Psychiatry and Pediatrics were granted accreditations by
the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, while the first female
Oncologist in Nigeria, Dr. Fatiregun Omolara emanated from LASUTH.
Meanwhile,
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has nominated former chief judge of the state,
Justice Ayotunde Philips as replacement for the retired chairman of the state
Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Fatai Adeyinka.
The
governor, in a letter to the House of Assembly, which was read at plenary
yesterday, said the decision to nominate Philips was pursuant to the powers
conferred on him by Section 2 (1) and (2) of the LASIEC Act, 2008.
According
to the letter, which was read by the Clerk, Mr. Ganiyu Abiru, Governor Ambode
said the nomination of Justice Philips was in tandem with the provision of the
law, which mandated that the House must ratify such appointment by way of
screening and resolution.
The
letter reads in part: “Following the retirement of Justice A. F. Adeyinka,
Justice Ayotunde Philips (retd) is being presented as the chairman of LASIEC.
“While
looking forward for the favourable confirmation of the House of Assembly,
please accept the assurance of my esteemed regard,” the governor said.
After
the letter was read, the House adjourned to May 9, 2016 for deliberation on the
letter.
The
House had earlier confirmed Governor Ambode’s nominees for appointment as
members of the Board of LASIEC.
They
were Dr. Bunmi Omosehinde, Mr. Lateef Raji, Mrs. Toyin Ibrahim-Famakinwa and
Mr. Olusegun Ayedun
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