A team of surgeons
from Lagoon Hospitals have performed the first surgery involving metallic
replacement of the whole arm bone (humerus), shoulder and elbow joints on a
patient thus becoming the first hospital in Nigeria and West Africa to record
this successful medical procedure.
The team of surgeons was led
by Dr. Segun Abudu, a renowned Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal
Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham UK, seconded to Lagoon Hospitals since 2011.
Speaking on this historic
achievement, Chief Operating Officer, (COO) of the hospital, Dr. Naseem
Mohammed, said “Lagoon Hospitals have the facilities to perform all forms of
surgical procedures including hip and knee replacements, keyhole surgery for
the knee (arthroscopy) bone replacements with modern options correction of
deformities using techniques that are only possible at very few specialised
hospitals in the United Kingdom and USA.”
Also commenting on this
achievement, the Hygeia Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) – Mr. Lars Stork,
in his statement, said “Lagoon Hospitals continue to prove that we are
indeed pioneers in ground-breaking surgery and other tertiary healthcare
solutions”.
He also added: “There are a
significant number of Nigerians who go abroad for treatment. The outstanding
achievement demonstrated by our Orthopaedic surgeons confirms our commitment to
our strategic objective of being the first choice for healthcare solutions of
international standards in Nigeria.”
As we continue to invest in
high quality specialty services at least at par with what is offered abroad, we
certainly encourage Nigerians to take full benefit from these investments. At
the end of the day patients are best served by medical treatment provided close
to where they live.”
Research shows that there
are only approximately 50 – 60 cases of this type of surgery performed even in
the UK to date, therefore making this surgery historical. This operation adds
to the number of high-end surgeries performed at Lagoon Hospitals annually.
Over the last few years, an area of major development has been Joint
Replacement and Major Bone Reconstructive Surgery (Orthopaedics).
Lagoon Hospitals is the only
hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa to earn accreditation from Joint Commission
International (JCI), the worldwide leader in improving the quality of health
care. JCI is dedicated to improving the quality of health care through
voluntary accreditation. JCI’s uniform, high standards for patient care and
safety are designed to be adaptable to local needs.
Lagoon Hospitals is part of
the Hygeia group, Nigeria’s foremost private integrated healthcare services
provider which also has Hygeia HMO, Hygeia Community Health Care and Hygeia
Foundation within the group. Lagoon Hospitals provides a range of both primary
and tertiary healthcare services across the three sites: Lagoon Apapa, Lagoon
Ikeja and Lagoon Victoria Island respectively.
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