By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Despite struggling with recurring power outages, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has continued to deliver exceptional medical care.
A team of surgeons in the hospital, led by Prof. Olayinka Shittu, successfully performed an intricate procedure to reconstruct a urethral stricture in a 50-year-old patient.
The UCH Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.
Adetuyibi said that the patient had suffered a pelvic bone fracture in a road traffic accident, resulting in a complex injury requiring specialised expertise.
According to Adetuyibi, Shittu, a consultant surgeon and urologist, said reconstructing a urethral stricture was an extremely challenging procedure, even for the most skilled surgeons worldwide.
Shittu remarked that it demanded a high level of expertise in reconstructive urology and could take several hours to complete.
The urologist emphasised that in spite of the daunting task, the UCH Ibadan team persevered, leveraging alternative power sources to maintain critical hospital functions.
He praised the hospital’s management for its efforts.
“Although the power situation has significantly impacted our ability to perform major interventions over the past year, our management team has found ways to adapt.
“We’re grateful for their dedication to ensuring our patients receive the best possible care,” Shittu said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that urethral stricture is a narrowing of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body.
NAN gathers that the narrowing can cause obstructed urine flow leading to various symptoms and the causes include injury or trauma to the urethra, infection, inflammation and congenital conditions.(NAN)
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