The General Daughter Niger 1st lady hits 49today,How she is saving lives

Dr. Amina Bello has through her pet project, RAISE Foundation, given succor 63 Vesico Vaginal Fistula VVF and 1,029 cervical cancer victims who undertook surgeries at her expense, just as she also empowered over 1,500 women in rural areas. She sponsored 1,145 women to be screened for breast cancer in the three senatorial districts of the state. The breakdown of the surgeries shows that 19 VVF surgeries were done in Kontagora General Hospital, 30 in Umaru Sanda Ndayako Hospital, 10 in Minna General Hospital while 4 victims were referred to Katsina Fistula Centre for treatment.

She renovated a 20-bed ward at Kontagora General Hospital for the treatment of VVF patients.

Much attention was given to women in rural areas of the state where 650 women out of 1,145 were screened in collaboration with 5th Chucker Polo and Country Club during the breast cancer awareness. 304 women were screened during the breast cancer awareness week 2016, 80 during a medical outreach at Anfani village in Mashegu Local Government, 50 during a medical outreach at Rofia in Agwara Local Government, 30 at Gbajibo during medical outreach while 31 women were screened at RAISE Foundation screening center.

She said out of those screened during the breast cancer awareness week in 2016, 15 tested positive with 13 of them being referred for mammography and 9 requiring surgery, saying only 6 of those who were referred for mammography needed biopsies which Dr. Bello paid for while two who already had advanced cancer were referred to Shika, Kaduna State.

In her visit to female and pediatric wards at the General Hospital, Minna, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello said as a consultant gynecologist, she would want to contribute to the treatment of women in the hospital.

She said, “My visit is to see how I can contribute to society. That is what I do. I see pregnant women, I see women with problems, I operate on women on cesarean section; that is what I intend to do as my own contribution. The hospital should expect better services.

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