Yobe State government has converted the Maryan Abatcha Family Support Clinic into a Fistula Centre for the treatment of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) cases in the state.
The family support clinic was initially concerned for the treatment of women and children in the state.
The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Bello Kawuwa told our correspondent in an exclusive interview in Damaturu on Friday that the Fistula Centre had already commenced operation with 30 cases already treated in the last three days.
According to Dr. Kawuwa, the conversion of the hospital to a Fistula Centre has become necessary due to the prevailing high rate of VVF Cases in the state, adding that, “ it is also part of Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam healthcare reform policy to mitigate morbidity among women in the state.
“This is one calamity too many for us and His Excellency Gov. Ibrahim Geidam therefore approved the conversion of the Maryam Sani Abacha Family Support Clinic into a Fistula Centre where much attention and care will be given to women with VVF cases. The treatment is free of charge to every woman that comes into the centre,” Dr. Kawuwa said
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) observes that although (VVF) is a preventable birth injury, it has affected more than 800,000 women in the country with several new cases every year.