More Than 100 Treated in First Two Days of Ogun State’s Free Surgical Intervention Scheme

More than 100 persons have so far benefitted from the two-day old free surgery intervention scheme initiated by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State.

The program took off on Monday at the six state hospitals and 40 general hospitals across the state with the registration of people requiring surgical services.

The surgical operation began on Tuesday, with 36 operations carried out at the state hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, 22 at the state hospital, Ijebu Ode, six at Ota State Hospital, and four at the Ifo general hospitals.

Two surgical operations were also carried out at the Odeda General Hospital, four at Owode Egba General Hospital, five at Ikenne General Hospital, three at the Iperu General Hospital, and one at the Olikoye Ransome Kuti Hospital, Asero, Abeokuta.

Medical Director of the State Hospital, Abeokuta, Dr. Bababunmi Osinaike said 491 persons were registered as of Wednesday, for surgery, ranging from hernia, undescended testicles, excision of breast lump and lipoma.

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An estimated 7,000 persons are being targeted for the surgical operations in the exercise.

The surgeries we did today were for those that came and registered on Tuesday, and we carried out 11 surgeries.

For today, we have 12 surgical procedures, and it is still going on at the theatre at this moment, he said.

Banjo thanked Governor Dapo Abiodun for the opportunity given to the less privileged to have access to free health care, saying that the hospital is fully prepared to ensure that all registered beneficiaries are attended to.

So far, it has been smooth. We have no major challenges. It is just that day by day, the number of people registering keeps going up.

As of yesterday (Tuesday), we had 206 registered beneficiaries, and at this moment (Wednesday), we have recorded about 230 beneficiaries for various surgical procedures, he said.

Mrs. Arinola Adenuga, whose 6-year-old son was operated on at the hospital, expressed her happiness at the opportunity given to them by Governor Abiodun, saying that the burden of raising funds for the well-being of her son had been taken care of by the programme.

Also, 20-year-old Okuwobi Ayomide, 18-year-old Onaleye Solomon, and 13-year-old Olusola Abdulquazeem, who had hernia operations at the hospital, thanked Governor Abiodun for the generosity extended to them.