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It’s another busy week. But the tiredness was driven by the excitement of last two days. Early this week, we had admitted a young man whom was hit by a car on left chest wall. Chest X-ray showed blood in left chest and collapsed left lung but no rib...

I have performed my seventh laparotomy case in Teme in this morning. It’s another case of gun shot wound at the back, on right side of spine. The bullet stayed at left side of abdominal wall, just beneath the skin. Judging from the course of the...

It’s the fourth time in this week I was called back to hospital for emergency operation. Luckily, it was 8 o’clock on Sunday morning after my early morning run ( 37 minutes for 5 laps ) and breakfast. We start working at 9:30 on Sunday, so I may...

It has been crazily busy in last three days. I had to return and perform emergency operations in two consecutive nights. One laparotomy was performed for a Gun-shot wound (GSW) case with liver injury and the other was GSW in neck with emergency...

Hurrah! I had my first run in Port Harcourt this evening. It’s a Sunday afternoon. It’s the Nigerian Presidential Inauguration Day. It has been quiet so far. Last night, I received my first time call from Emergency Room at night. We could have three...