By Rita Iliya
A Minna based NGO, the Raised Foundation has announced plans to carry out a medical outreach on free Fistula Repair Surgery on Jan. 27.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the outreach would be conducted at the Dr Amina Women Health Centre, Kontagora, Niger.
The Communication Officer of the Foundation, Ruth Mamman-Jiya, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Minna on Wednesday.
She said the aim of the outreach was to provide free obstetric fistula repair for women.
“We intended to carry out 200 surgeries within one year, starting from July 2024 to June 2025. So far, we have done 121 surgeries, and this outreach is a continuation of that effort,” she said.
Mamman-Jiya explained that patients were expected to start arriving at the centre on Jan. 27.
She added that the foundation had mobilised patients through community mobilisers, health centres, and radio awareness campaigns.
According to her, the foundation has a good working relationship with most health centres within the state, saying they also refer patients to its centre.
She disclosed that the foundation had carried out over 800 surgeries since its inception in 2017.
She said before building the centre, the foundation conducted its outreaches in general hospitals across the state, until 2020 when the centre was completed.
“Since 2020, all surgeries have been carried out at the Dr Amina Women Health Centre, Kontagora,” she said.
Mamman-Jiya explained that the centre provided a free comprehensive package, including surgery, feeding, and accommodation.(NAN)
