The first lady of the state of Ogun, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, through her PET project, Ajee Foundation, has presented the first endoscopy machine at the Teaching Hospital of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (Oouth) Sagamu, state of Ogun.
The machine was donated through the Association of Mrs. Abiodun with Naykas Health Care Incorporated, a medical team based in the United States that has annually provided medical attention and free surgeries to the destitute citizens of the State.
According to Mrs. Abiodun, the medical team, which visits Ogun State annually to provide free medical care to homeless citizens, has been fundamental to improve hospital capabilities, noting that the Teaching Hospital had received modern teams of collaboration to improve the provision of health services in the hospital.
Mrs. Abiodun, in a press release from KEMI Oyeleye, press officer, office of the First Lady, appreciated the management of Oouth for her support and collaboration of the institution's medical staff with the American team, and advised people who were looking for early medical intervention while being treated.
The leadership of the team, Dr. Musbau Kasumu, in an interview, said that the new endoscopy machine would significantly improve the diagnostic capabilities of the hospital that allow medical professionals to perform detailed exams and organs of internal organs and tissues that add that advanced technology would improve the results of patients by allowing more precise diagnoses and specific treatments.
He revealed that the team had performed 51 diverse surgeries and 42 cataract surgeries in two days, noting that they aimed to perform about two hundred in the week of their stay.
For his part, the Chief Medical Director, Oouth, Dr. Bunmi Fatungase, said that the initiative aligned with the efforts of the Government of the State of Ogun to improve the medical infrastructure and provide quality medical care to those in need by investing in advanced medical technology.
While appreciating donors, Dr. Fatungase said the machine would help detect colon cancer, a form of cancer that, according to her, could be completely cured when detected early, diagnose endoscopy and offer therapeutic procedures.
The diagnosis and treatment of different diseases were also ongoing at the Idera Hospital, Aiyepe Ijebu and the Central Mosque of Ayepe for the benefit of the homeless inside and around the community.
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