A Fistula skilled Jos, Plateau State, Affiliate Prof. Sunday Lengmang, has decried the dearth of specialists within the discipline.
Lengmang, who’s the Director of the Vesicovaginal VVF, Centre on the Bingham Educating Hospital, lamented that Nigeria can solely boast of six specialists in dealing with complicated circumstances of VVF, which is grossly insufficient, calling on the federal government to spend money on the coaching of personnel owing to the rise in circumstances of VVF within the nation
Lengmang disclosed this on the Centre’s annual reunion ceremony held in Jos, the State Capital.
In response to him, ”We’ve visited Taraba, Kano, Gombe, Lagos, Katsina, Uyo, and different states, to deal with girls with these challenges.
He additionally decried that almost all of the sufferers had been largely poor and will hardly afford the therapy.
”It is a lonely space with only a few specialists; at present, in Nigeria, there are solely six specialists that may attend to complicated circumstances or present full providers within the therapy of VVF”, he defined.
He additional acknowledged that ”Just about all these sufferers we handled are poor; we’re offering this therapy totally free.
”On that observe, we’re calling on the federal government to help us with funds and likewise spend money on the coaching of specialists on this discipline”, he admonished.
The Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the hospital, Prof Stephen Anzaku, mentioned the reunion is aimed toward bringing collectively former sufferers of the Centre to attach and share experiences, particularly with these present process therapy.
In response to him, “The VVF Centre is without doubt one of the cherished and distinctive items on this hospital, and the free therapy is aimed toward placing smiles on the faces of our sufferers.
On the rising circumstances of VVF within the Nation, the CMD mentioned, “We’re calling on the federal government and different spirited people to help the growth of its operations towards tackling the rising circumstances”.
reporter studies that VVF is an irregular opening between the bladder and the vagina that leads to steady and unremitting urinary incontinence.
