It was like a mirage, when one Isa Hamma of
ChaffaJaule village in Fufore local government area
of Adamawa State presented himself at the Jimeta
Clinic and Maternity for an ailment. After diagnoses,
he was issued with drugs and discharged and asked
to come back after three days for follow up.
ChaffaJaule village in Fufore local government area
of Adamawa State presented himself at the Jimeta
Clinic and Maternity for an ailment. After diagnoses,
he was issued with drugs and discharged and asked
to come back after three days for follow up.
According to the elder brother of the victim,
MallamUmaru Isa Yahya, he said that when they
came back for the follow up on the appointed date,
the doctor handling the case at the clinic, Doctor
Yakubu Hassan, after clinical observation, told them
that the ailment required surgical operation and it
would cost N50,000,00.
Umaru said they went and mobilised the money and
the surgery was carried out, however the victim
could not urinate resulting to swelling of his body.
“On seeing the condition of the patient, he, (the
doctor) referred us to the Federal Teaching
Hospital, Gombe on the account that the case was
beyond his limit” he said
Yahya added that at the Federal Teaching Hospital,
Gombe, the medical personnel said “kidneys of the
victim were removed after he underwent surgical
nephrectomy at the Jimeta Clinic and can only
survive if another kidney is planted in him or he
begins to live on hemodialysis,” and referred them
to Federal Medical Centre, Yola on account of its
proximity.
He stated that they now spend not less than N40,
000, 00 on a weekly basis for the dialysis at the
Federal Medical Centre ,Yola and solicited for
assistance from well spirited individuals to enable
the patient continue surviving on dialysis.
Contacted on the issue, the doctor, who handled the
case at the Jimeta Clinic, Doctor Yakubu Hassan,
confirmed that the said patient was operated
because of an ailment that has nothing to do with
kidneys.
He said based on the nature of the case, he referred
them to a consultant at the Federal Teaching
Hospital, Gombe.
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