Mimiko in the eyes of history (2)
Mother and Child Hospital,Ondo
The Obstetrics and Gynaecological unit is already developing into multiple subspecialty units including Feto-maternal, Oncological, Community obstetrics, and Reproductive/Fertility and Contraceptive units. The Neonatal units of the MCHO have done so well such that premature babies delivered at 26 weeks or weighing 600gm at birth survive routinely. This is almost unparalleled in the Nigerian medical setting. This success has been recognized in some leading Universities in the United State of America leading to collaborations and exchange programs for our doctors and nurses in University of Iowa. The Children Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is already in a collaborative study with the Mother and Child hospital Ondo.
The MCHO has been recognised by World Health Organization (WHO) as a research friendly institution and has participated in her recent researches including the BOLD study, Growth study etc. MCHO has been listed as a Research Centre for several multinational studies including the corticosteroid study, Kangaroo care study etc. Several local studies are ongoing.
Some studies conducted at MCHO by her Consultants have been published by leading international journals and some are in the process of being published. The MCHO consultants have done well in projecting the Ondo State Government’s laudable health achievements by making solid presentations of their clinical and academic works at local, regional and international conferences e.g. FIGO Canada 2015, WACS Cameroun 2016, SOGON 2016.
The Kidney Care Centre,Ondo
The Kidney Care Centre Ondo completes the picture of the One-Stop Centre for health care delivery facilities in the Hospital Complex and is currently headed by Dr. Akinbodewa AA (MBChB, FMCP, MISN) as The Chief Medical Director.
Since inception, the Kidney Care Centre has achieved the following feats:
It is the second largest dialysis centre in Nigeria . According to preliminary reports, Ondo State Kidney Care Centre has surpassed all other public institutions that receive supplies of dialysis consumables from them within one year of commencing operation.
So far,1,440 new cases have been registered, 560 admissions recorded and 3,591 sessions of dialysis from March 2014 to November 19 2016 were conducted at an average of 1,150 sessions of dialysis per annum.
The Centre is the only full-fledged Renal Hospital in Nigeria . The first of its kind. This is because other renal units are sub-units of a medical department of a teaching hospital or medical centre.
It is also the only renal facility with dedicated Resident Renal dietitians (BSc Dietetics and Nutrition), Clinical Psychologists (MSc Clinical Psychology), Medical Social Worker and Biomedical Engineers ( Ghana trained) working with the Nephrologists and dialysis nurses. This is unprecedented in Nigeria .
The Centre has 18 beds on the male and female wards to cater for the patients who require in-hospital care. The hospital runs a 24-hour service.
The dialysis unit is arguably the most equipped in Nigeria with 24 dialysis machines. The first phase of installation has 10 machines that are actively in use. KCC is the most viable centre that can dialyze patients with infections such as HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis B and C. Referrals are received from many recognized teaching hospitals and Federal medical centres for dialysis of such patients.
It has carried out Community screening of over 3,000 indigenes of Ondo State . Screening is also freely given to several private and public institutions in Ondo town such as banks, schools, police stations, Federal Road Safety Corps etc, students and lecturers of Adeyemi College of Education. There are standing Outreach and Research teams that coordinate these community outreaches. KCC on some occasions also collaborated with the Catholic Diocese, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, the Junior Chamber International, Ondo Kingdom Chapter and the Ikeja Christian Fellowship to achieve these feats.
The Centre has published over a dozen original papers and case reports in reputable journals (both Nigerian and International) since inception of clinical activities in 2014. Notable among this is that the Centre became the first in Africa to discover and report the rare co-existence of lupus nephritis and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease through research drive. This is significant because all over the world, only 32 cases of this important disease complex have been reported. This report has been published in Annals of African Medicine, an internationally recognized medical journal. This discovery is of immense benefit to the promotion of the image of the medical village and Ondo State at large. For example, this report has received almost 800 views on line by various readers.
In June 2015, this Centre became the first to host the Peritoneal Dialysis Training for Nephrology Nurses in Nigeria. Participants came from recognized institutions like UNILORIN, National Hospital Abuja, and Lagos University Teaching Hospital etc.
The Centre carries out Capacity building for staff of the Centre such as international experience and training of the Head of Nursing Services at the Dubai Fresenius Conference for renal nurses in 2014 and review update course for the Consultant Nephrologist at the Hamburg Fresenius sponsored conference in 2014. Continuing Medical Education, training for medical doctors within and outside Ondo State holds annually at the Kidney Care Centre while the centre collaborates with Mother and Child Hospital Ondo to reduce maternal mortality. More than a dozen women who developed kidney failure have been saved by such an arrangement in collaboration with the Trauma and Surgical Centre Ondo to care for acute renal failure patients and reduce mortality in the Intensive Care Unit.
Space may not permit enumeration of all his achievements and contributions such as human capital development, urban renewal efforts exemplified by recreational centres, world class event centre ‘tagged the Dome’, modern super markets and modern neighbourhood markets with auxiliary complements built all over the 18 LGs, lush parks which have transformed the state especially the capital city to the cynosure of all eyes. The community development efforts is also unique and highly commendable where over 664 projects emerging from a need assessment process according to the dictates of the people themselves in a bottom up approach and top down support by government were executed in over 360 communities of the state, housing development policy and other inexhaustible life enriching programs and policies.
No doubt, there is a significant place for Mimiko in the annals of history
