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  • Untold Story of Nkechi! The Lady that Got Rid of Fibroids Without Surgery

    Untold Story of Nkechi! The Lady that Got Rid of Fibroids Without Surgery

    About three years ago I passed out at work and was rushed to the hospital. At that time, I was on my menstrual period and had very heavy bleeding. My periods were very heavy for the first three to four days and I would have to wear both pads and tampons at the same time. The bleeding was so bad that I had to change both of them every 2 hours.

    I normally stay at home on the first three days of my period but on this particular day I needed to be at the office to sign some very important paperwork. About thirty minutes before leaving for the day I fainted. My co-workers rushed me to the hospital. While there the doctor told me that I lost a lot of blood and he wanted to give me a blood transfusion. I declined that treatment. I declined the blood transfusion because I didn’t need it since I wasn’t dying,

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    I was just anemic from having heavy menstrual periods. The doctor was not pleased with my decision but he didn’t force the issue and I was sent home later that night with some drugs.

    My Struggle with Fibroids

    The reason my periods were so heavy at that time was because of the three fibroids I had in my uterus. I first found out about them back in 2012 and in 2013 I had them removed with surgery. Two years later they came back even bigger. My doctor wanted to schedule another surgery but if it didn’t work the first time why would I go under the knife again for a second time? So I decided to just deal with the pain and heavy bleeding and search for a natural way to get rid of them FOR GOOD!

    Searching for natural ways to get rid of my fibroids was not easy. I saw several advertisements ofall kinds of treatments to shrink fibroids. I was a little skeptical but I was desperate to get rid of the fibroids so I tried one in particular which didn’t work. I was still having heavy painful bleeding with lots of clots. I noticed that the soreness in my breast was gone, but after going for another scan, I was told that my fibroids were still there. I was so discouraged that I scheduled an appointment with my doctor to discuss other possibilities for removing the fibroids.

    About two months later, while surfing onthe internet I saw a post on Facebook talking about how to get rid of fibroid naturally without surgery. I was very skeptical about it. I didn’t even bother to follow the link in the post to read more. Two days later, as I sat alone in the sitting room feeling hopeless about my fibroid, I decided to go on Facebook and see if I can still access the post I saw two days earlier, thank God I was able to get it. I reluctantly gave the Natural product a try …it just made sense.On September17 of 2015, I began the Fibroid Shrinking program as seen on this website here =>http://www.evergreenhealthcare.com.ng/fb.htm

    2015: The Turning Point
    After being on this program forabout 2 and halfmonths, my period was no longer heavy as before. Usually my periods would last 8 days, with 3 – 4 days being very heavy. I would also spot a lot in between my periods but the spotting stopped, with 2 days of heavy bleeding and my cycle lasting for only 5 days. Once this happened I cancelled my appointment with my doctor and stayed loyal to my program

    The Final Results– Like I said earlier,I had 3 fibroids. One was growing inside my uterus and the other two were inside the walls of my uterus. The largest fibroid was the size of a grapefruit. When I got my results back from a scan I went for, the result shows that I only had one fibroid inside the wall of my uterus and that it was the size of a small apple.  So two fibroids completely dissolved away and the largest one was the size of a small apple instead of a grapefruit. Since I wasn’t having any problems with my periods and 2 out of the 3 fibroids were gone, I decided to just continue with the program and go on with my life.

    Fibroids Completely Gone

    Two months later, I went for another scan and to my surprise and that of my doctor, my fibroids were gone. My doctor kept going over and over the scan result to make sure she was reading it correctly. She couldn’t believe that all of my fibroids were gone without surgery. My uterus was back to its normal size and my periods are now 3 days long. She asked me what I did to make them go away and I told her “I did what I should have done back in 2013. There are not enough words to explain the happiness I have now. I wish I knew about this program when I first had fibroids but as the saying goes “Things happen for a reason”.
    I am so thrilled with my experience that I inspire others to experience for themselves the profound transformation this fibroid treatment program offers.

    I strongly recommend you visit http://www.evergreenhealthcare.com.ng/fb.htm in case you know someone who has fibroid.

    It has changed my life and now I’m free!

     

  • Respite as 250 undergo surgery in Lagos community

    Respite as 250 undergo surgery in Lagos community

    The four-day free medical programme for residents of Alimosho Constituency 1 organised by their representative at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, will remain evergreen in their minds. Thousands who were hitherto hopeless had their medical challenges resolved. OZIEGBE OKOEKI reports

    For several hours penultimate Monday, residents of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State were trooping to the four centres where they had their health examined. Some who had serious ailments that required surgery were operated upon where necessary.

    Courtesy of their representative at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, the four-day free medical programme was said to be life-changing experience.

    The event was one that brought smiles and relief to thousands of residents in Alimosho Constituency 1 as they were given rare opportunity to know their health situations. Those who are already aware of their health challenges and stigmatised as a result also were given one form of treatment or the other and were no longer victims of stigmatisation.

    At the end of the four-day programme, over 250 residents went through different types of surgery while thousands of others were treated of different ailments/diseases.  Only one of the residents tested positive to HIV and 10 others who had serious medical complications were given referrals after proper screening had been carried out on them by medical personnel.

    Surgical operations were carried out for residents who had hernia, lumpectomy, ganglion, goiter and keloid, while screening was carried out for diseases such as urine analysis, diabetes, HIV, hepatitis B, prostate specific antigen, sight problems, malaria, de-worming for children and adult. General free medical checkups were also carried out.

    The screening took place in four designated locations in the four local councils that make up the constituency, namely Alimosho Local Government (Open Space, Alaguntan Bus Stop);  Agbado Oke-Odo (Council Secretariat); Mosan Okunola (Abesan Mini-Stadium) and Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA (Ipaja Mini-Stadium Hall).

    The surgical operations were carried out at the Ayobo-Ipaja Mini-Stadium Hall which was converted to a hospital. On ground for the programme were 25 surgeons, more than 30 pharmacists and a retinue of nurses and other para-medical personnel.

    Though the lawmaker had ensured that the programme which he began when he was Chairman of Ayobo/Ipaja Local Council Development Area was yearly event, this year’s exercise was unique. This is so because it was the first time surgical operations became part of the programme. The lawmaker assured that subsequent programmes will have doctors from the United States of America in attendance.

    He said: “It is my annual project. I began it when I was the Chairman of Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA. I take health as my priority. As the chairman, I built one health centre in each of the five political wards in the LCDA.

    “I have the largest constituency in Nigeria. The number of people is enormous and every day I live with them. This free health programme covers all manner of diseases.”

    The lawmaker also said he decided to use the medical programme to reach out to his constituents while celebrating his birthday which was the day the programme commenced.

    “At my age, if God has given me good health, I should replicate it to benefit others who are less-privileged.”

    He said his constituents deserve sound health if there will all-round development  in his area, “because without good health, there is little you can do to improve the society. There are some here who cannot afford even drugs of N200.

    He said: “As you know, I’m celebrating my birthday today. I was born on September 26. So, instead of partying with people who even have more than I do, why don’t I do things that the less-privileged people will benefit from? You can see the way the people are appreciative of the programme.”

    On the surgery operations carried out, Yusuf said: “It is baffling that these kind of problems exist in the country and people are burying dollars in toilet pits instead of spending it on people who need it. I am happy I am part of this.

    “For some of them who were operated on, they had been stigmatised as a result of the ailments but we have been able to take them out of that bondage. They can now live a free life. Some of them could not believe relief would come their way free of charge. Some have resigned themselves to fate because they could not afford the bill for the operation in hospitals. But through this effort, they have been taken care of. For them, it is unbelievable,” Yusuf said.

    The lawmaker, who is Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts (Local), said:  “You can see the number of people here. Even though we are in economic recession, people should not suffer in all aspects of life. There are so many people who cannot afford drugs of N200. Since I’m representing this teeming population and I’m healthy and since God has given me the power to do it, I must do it. If you have good health, you have everything.” he said.

    Continuing, he said: “This is bereft of any political motive. I have Prince of Hope Foundation; I’m building an institution that is going to live after me. I once donated one million drugs to ministry of health for de-worming of children. I’m still doing that even beyond my own constituency.”

    In a chat with reporters on the first day of the programme, head of the medical team, Dr Olajoko Samson Alaba, a surgeon, assured the residents of professional treatments, saying everything has been put in place for successful surgical operations.

    He said: “We will treat hernia, glaucoma; we won’t be able to do the big ones because this place is not a formal hospital. We will do the pre-surgery here. Any other post-surgery will be resolved in the hospital.”

    While appreciating the massive turn out, the lawmaker said he could not give specific number of people that benefited from the programme since the it was open to all residents in the area.

    The lawmaker thanked some pharmaceutical companies that assisted the programme with drugs and some of their personnel as well as some hospitals and surgeons who volunteered their services.

    While commending Yusuf for the health programme, the Sole Administrator of Alimosho Local Government Area, Quadri Ishola said the lawmaker ”has been a very wonderful personality. He has been doing all he could to ensure the well-being of his constituents. What we are witnessing today is a strong achievement sponsored solely by him.

    “Health is wealth. In whatever way we can give our people a viable health opportunity, we should do it. As a government, we have done something similar to this where we partnered the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and corporate bodies,” he said.

    He, however, advised the beneficiaries to take whatever medical advice given to them by the medical team serious.

    Ishola said:  “Whatever health advice given to them by the health personnel, they must abide by it. When we live healthy, it’s better for us all. A healthy individual or society encourages the economy. They must keep to instructions.”

    One of the beneficiaries whose lump at the side of the neck and back of his head was operated upon and removed, Dele Lawal, said he has carried the lump for over 15 years. He said he had been charged between N80,000 and N120,000 to remove it in hospital but could not afford the money. He thanked the lawmaker for the gesture that brought relief to him.

    He said: “I will always pray for Hon. Yusuf, his family and the political party that produced him.”

    Another beneficiary, Ogunyemi Wasiu also said: “When I received the information that there would be free health programme for the people, I rushed down here. The programme is good; it’s going on well. They gave us absolute attention.”

  • Waiting for surgery, one year after bomb blast

    Waiting for surgery, one year after bomb blast

    One year after the Kuje blast, baby Ifeoluwa is in dire need of surgery to walk again, Vincent Ikuomola writes.

    Do you remember the story of baby Ifeoluwa Adebayo who miraculously escaped the November 2015 Kuje bomb blast, which claimed no fewer than 20 lives?

    Well, the then 11 months old Ifeoluwa who was thrown off from her late mother’s back is doing fine, though she still lives with the scare. She now limps as a result of the blast which chopped off two toes from her right leg.

    Ifeoluwa, who will be two years old in the next two months, is in dire need of surgery to replace the toes with artificial ones and after waiting for about a year without hearing from the government, the family is appealing to kind-hearted Nigerians to come to their aide.

    The surgery is very essential for her to walk normal again, but the chances are very slim except help comes from either the government or kind-hearted Nigerians as the immediate family are also finding it difficult to make ends meet.

    The blast, blamed on Boko Haram, has seriously impacted negatively on their source of income and lifestyle.

    Mr. Adebayo Moses, Ifeoluwa’s grandfather who lost his wife and two children in the Kuje incident, is still finding it difficult to overcome the trauma, which has torn his life apart.

    The retired civil servant still finds the death of his beloved wife difficult to cope with even after about a year.

    The trauma was so much that Adebayo, a 58-year-old pensioner and native of Ife, Osun State, had to relocate from Kuje to Dawaki along Kubwa-Suleja Expressway.

    Recounting the incident Adebayo stated, “My wife and her three children were coming from her garden in Kuje. They were trekking home when the bomb blast occurred. My wife, first daughter and last child died in the blast. Another of my child, Esther, who followed them, sustained injury on her leg, while my granddaughter, who will clock one year on the 22nd of this month, lost two of her toes.

    “I am not myself. I have been devastated since this unfortunate incident occurred. My wife was like a mother to me. My lovely children ask after my wellbeing all the time. It is only God that can help me because I do not know how I will cope without them.

    He said of his daughter, Ifeoluwa’s mother, “My late daughter, Christiana, had just finished from Nasarawa State Polytechnic.”

    Almost a year after, he confessed to Abuja Review that things have been very difficult in terms of the loss, physically and financially.

    Adebayo struggled to control his emotion.

    “Whenever I get to the location of the bomb blast, I won’t be able to sleep.”

    On the plight of baby Ifeoluwa, he said “ the hospital (National Hospital Abuja) tried its best to do something about the baby’s chopped off toes and we learnt that they have written to the federal Ministry of Health for approval but the reply hasn’t come till now. The baby is not walking well. She limps.”

    He hopes government will “respond to my plight and assist me in the area of the baby’s surgery. Right now my entire gratuity has been spent and all my investment in Kuje has gone down the drain after the death of my wife as I can’t go back to that place.”

    Esther, Ifeoluwa’s aunt, who now takes care of both her father and little Ifeoluwa, scored over 200 in the last Joint Admission Matriculation Board exam but said, “I don’t think I can go to school right now because nobody will stay with my dad. He is already retired from the civil service and right now he cannot really do anything. So I have to do everything possible to see to his survival and that of the baby.

    “I can’t just abandon my father in this situation, his pension is just N14, 000 and how much can that do?”

  • Free surgery for Ogun community

    No fewer than 27 persons in Ijebu land, Ogun State, have benefited from free general and orthopaedic surgeries carried out by experts under the aegis of Steno Memorial Foundation.

    The beneficiaries included two women who had lumps extracted from their breasts, men suffering from hernia and two others who received corrective surgeries for fractured leg and hip joint.

    Experts from Nigeria and abroad including Dr Aigbokhaewo Osagie (Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgeon,Nigeria), Dr Shobode Mutaleeb Ayodele (Abroad) among others, volunteered their services and facilities to the foundation to execute the month-long free surgery procedure at the St. Michael-Israel Specialist Hospital, Ijebu-Ode.

    Dr  Olufemi Sanni, an England-based Psychiatrist, who runs Steno Memorial Foundation, told Southwest Report that 27 persons  have undergone surgical operations.

    Sanni said he was also planning to build a theatre for operations as well as primary health care centre in Nigeria for free treatment of children of age five and below. He added that since inception in 2011,  over 2,500 people had benefited from its health programmes.

  • Vendor needs N3.4million for surgery in India

    Vendor needs N3.4million for surgery in India

    A newspaper vendor, Patrick Utomi is in dire need of $9,000 for a surgery on complex urethral stricture at Saket City Hospital, New Delhi, India.

    Utomi had gone from one hospital to the other, seeking solution to the urethral dysfunction he sustained from an accident in 2002.

    Since then, excretion through natural channels became impossible as his urinary system were damaged.

    He was initially salvaged by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where a makeshift passage was made by his abdomen, but it stopped working.

    He proceeded to India through a financial assistance by former Akwa-Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio.

    After visiting India thrice, his system normalised until recently, when he began to experience complications from implant in his body following a Ray-surgery conducted on him.

    According to him, the complications have become terrible that he can no longer pass urine naturally.

    His doctor, Shalabh Agarwat, has invited him to come for removal of the implant.

    The doctor’s statement reads: “This patient has complex urethral stricture with stent related complications. In case the symptoms of frequency and bleeding are very bothersome then I would advice for Cystoscopy and removal of Mammocath. After removal, we will have to give about six months’ time for healing and then revise Urethroplasty.”

    Pleading for assistance, Patrick said: “My present state of health is the history of a failed multiple urethroplasty surgeries. The 15-year of medical predicament has cost over N30 million. Please help me not to die this time. What they are demanding now is bigger. Please, I beseech good Nigerians in the name of God to help me. My health is in jeopardy and I am homeless after five surgeries in Nigeria and four surgeries in India. I really need kind hearted Nigerians to come to my aid. I don’t want to be a mendicant of parasite to people. I want to live a normal life again.”

    His account details are: Patrick Tommy Utomi, 0224572760, Guarantee Trust Bank. He can be reached on 08125443866 and 08038178199.

  • Injured inmates undergo surgery

    Some inmates of the Abakaliki Prisons in Ebonyi State, who sustained gunshot injuries in last week’s botched jailbreak, have been undergoing surgery to remove bullets in their bodies.

    The surgery, it was gathered, is taking place at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki (FETHA).

    Comptroller-General of Prisons Service Jafaru Ahmed visited the inmates, officials, Governor Dave Umahi and the hospital.

    Nineteen inmates reportedly died in the attempted jailbreak.

    Sixteen of them sustained injuries and were rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit.

    But the comptroller insisted that only six inmates died.

    Four officials were injured and have been treated and discharged.

    Some inmates had leg, hand and other body injuries, with others chained to their hospital beds.

    Prison officials did not allow our reporter to speak with the inmates or take their pictures.

    Chief Medical Director (CMD) Dr. Emeka Onwe said the treatment had since begun.

    He said: “The inmates in our hospital have gunshot injuries, whether as a result of accidental discharge or not.

    “Our orthopaedic surgeons are working hard to carry out surgery on the inmates to remove bullets that penetrated them during the incident.

    “The comptroller-general of Prisons has visited the hospital and thanked us for the quick response and commencement of treatment.

    “None of them is in the Intensive Care Unit; they are all at the Accident and Emergency Unit.”

    Also yesterday, the state Comptroller of Prisons, Mrs. Emilia Oputa, blamed the riot on those she identified as ring leaders.

    She said they incited others to cause the riot, adding that most of them had been on awaiting trial list and resolved they needed their freedom.

  • ‘Help my son to get this surgery done’

    ‘Help my son to get this surgery done’

    The dream of Master Wokanjo Tobechi, a 16-year-old boy to become a medical doctor is in the nozzle, as a protrusion of his left eye is not making him comfortable or even to socialise well.  That has forced his parents to change schools for him.

    The story of the left eye protrusion started from birth when, according to his mother, Mrs Zita Wokanjo who is in her mid 40, doctors called attention to a softness on the eyebrow of her baby’s.  She said she was told that the baby head (nasal bridge) was just forming and it will eventually harden.

    But by age nine, the father, Chris, a teacher and his wife knew all was not well and took her son to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, where he is being attending to till date. As a mother, Mrs Wokanjo a teacher in a private school, said she is not tired of seeking the best treatment for her son. “But now that we need to take him abroad for the reconstruction, we can’t readily afford it hence my appealing to all good will people to help me out. My son even desires to be a medical doctor. He is brilliant and the Headboy of his set. He has completed his SSS classes, we are awaiting the results,” said Mrs Wokanjo.

    Giving the prognosis of Master Wokanjo, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Paediatric Ophthamologist, Dr K.O Musa said the patient presented in the outpatient clinic nine years ago on account of protusion of the left eye of one year duration. The ocular protusion was said to be painless and gradually increasing in size. There was no associated history of fever, weight loss or preceding trauma. There was no change in size of swelling with straining or crying. However, the patient’s health problem started from birth when a swelling was noticed on his nasal bridge and the left side of the forehead. He was said to have developed another swelling on the left cheek at the age of nine months. He was initially being co-managed by the Paediatrician and the Oral and Maxilllofacial Surgeon as a case of haemangioma necessitating injections of sclerosing agents (hype?pmoc saline) into the forehead and cheek masses with some improvement only for the mass to recur with associated protusion of the left eye one year prior to presentation.

    Physical examination revealed a visual acuity of 6/9 and 6/12 in the right and left eye respectively. There was a left facial swelling involving the forehead, cheek as well as proptosis. The cheek mass was firm (10mmx15mm), freely mobile and non-tender. There was 10mm left eye axial proptosis (Hertel’s Exolphthalmometer: right eye = 15mm, left eye = 25mm). There was positive retropulsion but no pulsation or bruit. There was a mild reduction in ocular motility but the anterior segment and fundoscopic findings were normal. The right eye was essentially normal.

    Dr Musa said the patient defaulted thereafter only to represent three years later with similar findings except for slight increase in left proptosis (which became non-axial) to 27mm and the development of papillomatous left upper lid mass. The light brightness appreciation and colour desaturation were comparable in both eyes. Also, the visual acuity was 6/6 in each eye. The Computerized Tomography (CT) scan done on 30th January, 2009 revealed a soft tissue mass filling the left orbital cavity with no calcification and no involvement of the orbital wall. A clinical diagnosis of left orbital? Capillary haemangioma with? Left infraorbital dermoid cyst was made. Consequently, he had an excisional biopsy of the left cheek mass, intralesional injection of triamcinolone into the left orbit and shave excision of the left upper lid papillomatous growth.

    As at the last clinic visit, the visual acuity was 6/5 and 6/9 in the right and left eye respectively. The other findings in the left eye were severe, non-axial proptosis, inferior conjunctival xerosis, inferior exposure keratopathy, moderate restriction of ocular motility, normal papillary reaction and normal fundoscopic findings. The last C.T scan done on 12th September, 2014 showed huge soft tissue mass involving the extraconal intraconal part of the left orbit with focal calcification. Infilteration into the periorbital and supraorbital soft tissue was noted but no bony destruction or intracranial extension. In the light of foregoing, this patient will benefit from a possible orbital debulking surgery necessitating this referral. The reconstruction will be done outside the country. The estimated amount involved is N3.5m. If you are moved to assist, please pay into: Master Wokanjo Tobechi, GTBank- A/c No:  0209513364.

    This is because the histopathological report of the excised left cheek and lid masses were suggestive of cavernous haemangioma and squamous papilloma respectively. He has since being followed up in the clinic with repeated intralesional injection of tramcinolone with fluntuating response. He is presently on tab propranolol 40mg twice daily.

  • Kwambe for post surgery examination today

    Kwambe for post surgery examination today

    Lobi Stars’ defender, Solomon Kwambe will today proceed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi to have post surgery examination on the surgery he had last Thursday to correct the face fracture (right orbital blow out fracture) he sustained in a recent league match.

    The Pride of Benue’s doctor, Chris Ayom told SportingLife that the doctors who performed the surgery will today re-examine Kwambe’s face to look at the presence update on it and also give a timescale on when he will recover to resume light training.

    Kwambe, a fringe Eagles’ player sustained the injury during a NPFL Match Day 22 tie against one of his former clubs, Sunshine Stars in Akure.

  • Arik Air gives conjoined twins free tickets to New York for surgery

    Arik Air gives conjoined twins free tickets to New York for surgery

    Conjoined twins, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni, are set to leave for New York, United States for surgery. Arik Air has provided return tickets for them.

    A statement yesterday said: “The airline is offering this support in partnership with Linking Hands Foundation, a non-governmental organisation which has secured free medical treatment for the twins at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

    “Arik Air will be sponsoring the twins as the airline’s own little way of not only ensuring that the Ayeni twins get needed medical treatment speedily but also to assist the family in reducing some of the financial burden associated with this trip.

    “The founder of Linking Hands Foundation, Efe Farinre while thanking Arik Air for accepting to fly the twins and their family said Miracle and Testimony Ayeni were born on 16th November, 2015, at St. Patrick Hospital Enugu, to Mr Samuel Olusegun Ayeni and Mrs Mary Abiodun Ayeni, both of Kogi State, Nigeria. The twin girls who are conjoined in the pelvic region were taken to The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu immediately after delivery. They were moved to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on 22nd April and have been under medical supervision.”

    Farinre said: “We are grateful to Arik Air for linking hands with us to give Miracle and Testimony Ayeni the opportunity to have individual lives. Through this invaluable support, Arik Air has given the twins a chance to live and yet again demonstrated leadership in corporate social responsibility.”

    Arik Air’s Chief Commercial Officer, Suraj Sundaram, said: “Arik Air has been committed to the community since its inception having contributed to various charitable activities through a number of events, programs and initiatives. In this instance, our support will enable these twins access to specialized medical care and give them an opportunity to build a healthy and productive future they deserve.”

  • Baby with open heart dies ahead of surgery

    Baby with open heart dies ahead of surgery

    Baby Aisha, born with an open heart died early hours of Tuesday at the Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

    The Nation learnt that with the N2.5 million and N3m donated by Yobe State Government and the First Lady Aisha Buhari respectively, baby Aisha was set to be flown to Enugu to undergo surgery in a Special Centre which has partnership with UK specialists already in the country.

    The Uncle of the Baby, Arama Mustapha who broke the news of the death to our correspondent said that he is heart broken over the death of the child.

    “I have just received a call from the mother of the child a few minutes ago that the baby is dead. She called me around 3.06am and broke the news to me. I am really heart broken over the turn of event but my prayers is for Allah to grant her eternal rest,” Arama said.

    The Chairman Medical Advisory Council(CMAC) UMTH Dr. Mohammed Bashir confirmed the news to our correspondent.

    “It is very sad that the baby passed away early hours of Tuesday. It’s very sad that she could not make it,” the CMAC said.

    Dr. Pius Simon, the Consultant Neonatologist who was managing the baby ahead of her operation also confirmed the development, describing it as “a sad development”.

    He informed that the baby died of infection because the heart has overstayed outside the chest wall for too long.