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The National Obstectric Fistula Centre in Katsina, on Saturday said it treated over 5,000 women suffering from Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) in 2016.
Dr Aliyu El-Ladan, the Medical Director of the Centre made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina.
“The Medical doctors posted to the VVF Centre in Katsina have been treating women by conducting series of operations on the private part of the patients.
“The doctors have been treating at least four female patients every day mostly from the seven states in the North West.
“We have also been receiving female patients from Niger and Benin Republics as well as Ivory Coast,” he said.
El-Ladan called on husbands of expectant mothers to always allow their wives attend antenatal clinics to avoid complications during delivery.
According to him, women who spend one to seven hours in labour are liable to be VVF patients.
“It is the issue of prolonged labour without medical attention that throw several young girls into VVF situation,” he said.
NAN reports that the Katsina VVF centre was established in 1932 by Sudan Interior Mission and was take over by the old Kaduna State Government, and later Federal Government in 2013
