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Why we amputate limbs at Igbobi  — Dr Mustapha Alimi, Chief Medical Director

Why we amputate limbs at Igbobi — Dr Mustapha Alimi, Chief Medical Director

It is no longer news that road traffic accidents and disease conditions such as diabetes continue to increase the number of amputees in the country.   Statistics show that an estimated 1:6 percent per 100 (32,200) Nigerians suffer extremixity amputation. 

Saturday Vanguard   spoke to the Medical Director of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr. Mustapha Alimi on amputation and other issues affecting the country’s health sector.