Osinbajo In Good State Of Health After Successful Surgery – Doctors

July 16, 2022

Doctors at Duchess International Hospital, Lagos who performed surgical operation on Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has confirmed that it was successful.

In a statement released on Saturday Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, office of the Vice President, said the surgery was to treat the recurrent pain caused by a fracture in his leg. He added that the vice president is alert and well.

According to a statement signed by the Medical Director of Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Dr Adedoyin Dosunmu-Ogunbi, Osinbajo was admitted in the hospital on Saturday “on account of a fracture of his right femur (thigh bone), possibly related to a longstanding injury associated with a game of squash.

“He had a surgical operation performed by a team of specialist doctors, including Dr. Wallace Ogufere (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon); Dr. Om Lahoti (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon); Dr. Babajide Lawson (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon); Dr. Ken Adegoke (Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care); Dr. Oladimeji Agbabiaka (Consultant Anaesthetist); and Dr Adedoyin Dosunmu-Ogunbi (Consultant Physician & Medical Director).

“The operation was successful, and he is expected to be discharged within the next few days,” Dr Dosunmu-Ogunbi stated.

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