KIDNEY transplants will start taking place next year at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto.
This information was made public yesterday by the director of the university’s Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Professor Isma’ila Mungandi, during the opening ceremony of the Basic Laparoscopic Surgery instructional course.
“We have all the facilities required for kidney transplant in our theatre.
“We are collaborating with the Urology and Nephrology Centre of Mansoura University in Egypt. We have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
“So we are going to visit them to consolidate and also have a refresher training for two months so that we understand their protocols and when they join us, we will be able to operate seamlessly in Sokoto, hopefully in 2023, another major development will be the availability of kidney transplant in the hospital,” he said.
According to Mungandi, in the past year, the center had performed surgery on 50 patients who had renal, ureteral, or prostrate stones, as well as some intersex cases requiring intricate reconstruction.
The state commissioner for health, Ali Inname: the vice chancellor of the university, and the chief medical director of the hospital each expressed their appreciation for the center’s accomplishments since it was founded in 2014.
