Nigerian Surgeons from U.S. Give Back to Patients in Lagos

Twenty surgeons and medical experts of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) in partnership with First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, have operated on 37 patients free of charge with adequate specialised care.

The team, which included surgical and medical personnel, had experts like ANPA President, Dr. Johnson Adeyanju; Chairman of ANPA Medical Mission Committee, Dr. Cliff Eke; Chairman ANPA Programme Committee, Dr. Ajovi Scott Emakpour; Dr. Nkem Ezeamama; Dr. Olatokunbo Etomi, Charlotte New York (volunteer); Dr. Ibukun Odeyemi (Consultant Surgeon General Hospital, Lagos); Dr. Barbara Onyia (Chair Houston Chapter); among others.

The operations, which were done in First Consultant Hos- pital along with local surgeons and Dr. Osuoji from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) were successful, with a total of 400 patients attended to, while 37 operations were carried out.

“We are on a medical mission to Nigeria technically for five days. It runs from 21st to 25th April in collaboration with First Consultant Hospital. Also, we are going to create awareness and attend to some cases at Freedom Park while some of our team members will render specialised care at Abuja before we will meet with stakeholders in Nigeria healthcare,” ANPA President, Adeyanju said.

Adeyanju described the experts as a dedicated team of professional doctors that came to perform this medical mission in collaboration with the surgical team. “Our surgical team saw some cases we are very proud of,” he said.