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Breaking: Nigeria Commences Maggot Therapy In AKTH

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A Nigerian trained in Iran on Maggot Therapy has treated fifteen GB(15) patients on Maggot Therapy and charged same number in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano.

Dr Mustaph Ahmed Yusuf a medical Anthologist arrived Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano upon completion of his PHD program as Medical Anthologist from a University in Tehran in the year 2019.

Dr Mustaph share this in an interview with him at the Orthopedic Ward in AKTH:

Maggot therapy is the process of debridement /disinfecting of chronic wound inorder to promote and achieve quick healing .

 

It is the standard and accepted process of treatment been practice in Developed countries like UK and America in the treatment of patients with chronic wounds such as diabetic ulsers osteomyelitis , gangrenous foots e t c.

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He said that for over sixteen years United Kingdom and United States of America have embraced this method because it is a simple bed side procedure which patient don’t have to be taken to the theatre to undergo and that even patient with electrolytes imbalance .

Dr Mustapha said that in some African countries where they have Medical Anthologists maggot therapy is been practice as a means of medical treatment to reduce long periods of staying in the hospital for patients with chronic wounds, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano has been the model for maggot therapy in Nigeria because it is the only tertiary health institution Nigeria that have recently gotten a Medical Anthologist.
He added that Medical Anthologist work in collaboration with Orthopedic and plastic surgeons in the hospital, while Orthopedic surgeons recommended for maggot therapy as the final treatment option before amputation, Plastic surgeons conduct skin graft when wound debridement is achieved, so it is a complimentary role in patient care.

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Aisha Abubakar 55 year old diabetic patient with gangrenous foot said “Maggot Therapy is wonderful. It was Almighty God that saved my foot from being cutted here in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital…the Orthopedic doctors who will amputate my leg came a day to the surgery to tell to prepare that my leg from up here is going to be cut.Two hours before taken to the theatre a young gentle man came to exam my leg again and said he will try something for me , he came back and put some tiny_tiny things as said on the wound and covered it, few hours later, gradually l begin to feel some sensation which I lost long ago even before been admitted in the hospital.I thanked God as well as the doctor who came with this technology”Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah she echoes.

Bashir Abba is another patient who has been on admission in the Orthopedic ward for over three months undergoing various treatment on diabetic ulser until recently when maggot therapy was done.

He also described it as superb as it revived the infected wound, remove all the infection and restore hope on him.

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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.

All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.

The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.

The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.

The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.

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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences

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By Salisu Baso

As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.

The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.

He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.

On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.

 

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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest

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President Bola Ahmad Tinubu

President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .

 

The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.

The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.

Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.

“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.

 

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