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Nigerian doctor who successfully performed a surgical operation on a
baby before putting the child back to the mother's womb has been hailed
by the federal government.
Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, who successfully removed tumour from a baby and colleagues
The Federal Government has commended a US-based Nigerian surgeon, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, who successfully removed tumour from a baby in her mother’s womb.
In a statement in Abuja, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special
Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and
Diaspora, said that Nigerian Government and people were proud of
Olutoye.
Dabiri-Erewa noted that Olutoye and his partner, Dr Darrell Cass of
the Texas Children’s Hospital, carried out the operation on a
23-week-old foetus in U.S.
“The baby, Lynlee Hope, who suffered from a tumour known as
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma, was removed from her mother’s womb, operated
on, and returned to the womb.
“The baby got healed and continued to grow until she was finally delivered at 36 weeks.’’
She stated that Buhari received the news of Dr Olutoye’s feat with
excitement and fulfilment and was looking forward to meeting him. The
special assistant commended Nigerians in the Diaspora for their roles in
projecting Nigeria’s good image.
According to her, Nigerians in the Diaspora are a huge potential, playing greater role in all sectors.
“Nigerians are a great people, making greater positive impacts in all fields of human endeavour in the Diaspora.
Dr Olutoye’s feat is one of such testimonies”, she said.
Dabiri-Erewa said that Nigeria was working on a national Diaspora
policy guideline geared toward regulating all engagements with all
Nigerians in the Diaspora.
According to her, Nigerians in the Diaspora are of much importance to the growth and development of the country.
She appealed to other Nigerians in the Diaspora to do their best to give Nigeria a positive image.
Dabiri-Erewa said that Buhari was determined to enhance the welfare
of all Nigerians at home and abroad, and remained committed to tackling
insecurity, corruption and economic problems.
Olutoye is a co-Director of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center, and
fetal surgery team member, as well as a general paediatric surgeon.
He has specialised clinical expertise in fetal and neonatal surgery, with specific interest in congenital diaphragmatic
hernia and complex wounds.
Olutoye received his medical degree from the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in 1988 and PhD in anatomy from Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, U.S., in 1996.
He is a member of the International Fetal Medicine and
Surgery Society and a Fellow of the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Surgeons.
He is also a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons
-NAN
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