Kano – The Adamawa Government on Friday announced the release of N4 million to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) for the treatment of Mr Isa Hamman, an indigene of the state.
Hamman is a patient with kidney challenge, which started back in Adamawa.
Dr Garba Ahmed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Adamawa, announced the donation when he visited the Acting Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Mohammad Mijinyawa, in Kano.
According Ahmed, Hamman’s kidneys were “recklessly” removed by a surgeon in Yola.
He said that Adamawa Governor, Mohammed Bindow, had already directed the ministry to pay the money into AKTH’s bank account for the treatment of the patient, pending when the kidney transplant would commence.
He said that the state government had also given N1 million to the relations of the patient who were currently with him in the hospital.
The permanent secretary who led a delegation of medical practitioners to the hospital also visited the patient at the male surgical ward.
He assured that the state government would continue to support the patient to ensure the success of the kidney transplant and his speedy recovery.
Mijinyawa, the acting medical director, commended Adamawa government for its concern for the patient.
“We will make sure we give you the best to ensure his speedy recovery,” he said.
He said that the hospital which started kidney transplant in 2002, had successfully conducted 35 kidney transplants.
Also speaking, Prof Aliyu Abdu, Consultant Nephrologists in the hospital, said that the patient came to the hospital with an infection, adding that “that was why we had to battle for his life first.”
He attributed the delay in the transplant to lack of suitable kidney donor, pointing out that most of the voluntary donors were not compatible with the patient.
“The matter does not stop at transplant as the patient has to be on drugs for life,” he explained.