Photo: Nigerian Woman Who Had Her Intestines Hanging Out, But was Denied Treatment In Nigeria....

Having been rejected treatment in Nigeria due to the extreme severity of her condition and being a high risk case, the 37-year-old Nigerian woman, Victoria Odita eventually found cure in the UAE at RAK Hospital.
She was rushed to the hospital’s emergency with swollen  intestines  as she suffered a life-threatening condition putting her at great risk due to the severity of the situation.

Following repeated complaints of abdominal swelling for four long years, soon after her third delivery, it came to her realisation that a large incisional hernia was present in her infraumbilical region (situated below the navel). The swelling significantly increased with excruciating distress after
her fourth pregnancy six months ago. The development of a hernia during and after pregnancy is not uncommon, because hernias are caused by an increase in abdominal pressure – in this case, pressure from a baby growing inside the uterus.

“She was rejected treatment in her own country and was suffering from immense pain for the last six months. The risk of incisional hernia increases considerably after each abdominal surgery. In her case she has had multiple pregnancies and 4 repeat C-sections, making her abdominal walls very weak and prone to this condition.  Though the condition is remarkably common after multiple abdominal surgeries.  What made it problematic was that this young lady was having cardiac pumping capacity of only 25 per cent which in a normal person should be more than 60 per cent. She became a high risk case and a challenge for any surgical team which was managed successfully in RAK Hospital, an immediate mesh Hernioplasty was performed to repair the incisional hernia and alleviate the symptoms,” said Dr Parvez Ahmad, Specialist Surgeon, RAK Hospital.

Thank God she got cured. With this, what's your say concerning Nigeria's medical/health sector?