surgery

The free surgery intervention programme for indigent people, initiated by the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been flagged off with surgical operations carried out on patients at state hospitals in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, and Ilaro.…

A renowned Nigerian Surgeon based in the United Kingdom, Dr. Umar Jibrin has called on Nigerians who are able and healthy to participate in the voluntary donation of blood to mark the 'World Blood Donors Day', which is celebrated on the…

Pope Francis skips Sunday’s customary public prayer and blessing, on doctor's advice. The 86-year-old underwent a three-hour-long operation on Wednesday, using general anesthesia. Doctors removed increasingly painful scarring that…

Nigerian hospital, Kelina Hospital has recently recorded 250 successful prostate surgeries using the advanced and non-invasive Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) procedure. This was disclosed by the Medical Director, Dr.…

Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge is one of the first in the UK to use a Versius for lung and chest surgery. Adam Peryt, a surgeon at the hospital who has begun using the technology, said: "It's completely different from the old…

Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has underwent what was described as a successful heart surgery. Abdel Aziz has been in custody since June facing allegations of corruption. The former president was admitted to a…