Department of Clinical Services
Dr. Celestine A. Nkanta
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Head, Department of Clinical Services
OBJECTIVE
- To uphold the ideals of the Hospital in excellence
- To give high quality service in the care of patients
- To train high quality Orthopaedic surgeons
- To conduct research that will continuously improved the practice of Orthopaedics and trauma.
STAFF STRENGHT
- Nine Consultant Orthopaedic surgeons
- One Consultant Plastic Surgeon
- One visiting Consultant Physician
- One visiting Consultant Pathologist
- One visiting consultant Anaesthetist
- One Chief Medical Officer (in family medicine training)
- Two principal Medical Officers (one to General Medicine/Practice training)
- NHIS - Medical Officers
- One post Fellowship Senior Registrar – Plastic Surgeon.
| Total number of patients seen at the clinic | 13,634 |
| New Patients | 3,495 |
| Old Patients | 10,139 |
| Total No. of patients admitted | 1,480 |
| Total No. of Discharged patients | 839 |
| Total No. of Deaths | 22 |
| Total No. of major operation | 465 |
| Total no of minor operation | 251 |
| Total No. of intermediate | 217 |
| Total no of patient admitted into Accident & Emmergency | 648 |
| Total no. of Patient attended Accident & Emmergency | 7,157 |
| Total No. of Discharges from Accident & Emmergency | 478 |
| Total no. of Deaths Accident & Emmergency | 21 |
| Total Attendance | 4,997 |
| Immunization | 600 |
| Dressings | 188 |
| Medical Exams | 249 |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Renovation of operating theatres which commenced in 2008 continued in the year with the level of work had reached advance level of completion.
- One (1) operating Microscope was acquired and a staff of instrument Engineering was sponsored for a maintenance course of the equipment.
- A faulty C - Arm machine was repaired and brought back to function
- Two Nos. of Anaesthetic machines were acquired in the year
- Major instruments sets for the operating theatre was acquired.
- Procurement of plastic surgery set.
