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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.

 

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 .

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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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ADC Reports Surge in Membership Following Kwankwaso’s Defection, Calls Him ‘Game Changer’

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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has officially welcomed former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso into its fold, touting his defection as a pivotal move that strengthens a growing coalition for political realignment in Nigeria.

In a statement released for immediate effect, the party described Kwankwaso as a “game-changer,” announcing that he has directed his network of supporters nationwide to join the ADC. According to the party, this call has already triggered a significant uptick in registrations on its online platform over the past 24 hours.

The ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, framed the defection as part of a broader recognition among Nigerians of the need for a credible political alternative. The statement emphasized Kwankwaso’s experience in governance, grassroots influence, and capacity to unify as assets to the party’s ambition to “rebuild Nigeria.”

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“Change does not happen by chance,” the statement concluded. “It happens when people come together with purpose.”

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Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and ex-Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress.

The former Minister of Defence also registered with the party and received his membership card on Monday at Gidan Kwankwasiyya, Miller Road, Bompai, Kano.

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