Report of 2019 AKISAN Sponsored Medical and Surgical Mission to Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria October 21 to October 25, 2019
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Report of 2019 AKISAN sponsored Medical and Surgical Mission to Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria October 21 to October 25, 2019 By Asuquo N. Inyang MD, FRCS (Edin.), FWACS, AFMCS, FASE. Medical Mission Team Leader Introduction I was called upon by the President of AKISAN (USA) inc. Ms. Margaret Itauma, and I accepted the request to help organize and lead a state-wide medical and surgical mission to Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria that would benefit individuals in locations that will represent all the three senatorial districts of the state. This was a way for AKISAN to give back to our state where attention would be directed to the poor and the infirm in our communities, who have neither the resources nor the ability to pay for their medical and surgical care, wherein, because of ignorance and poverty most of these indigent patients die from very preventable or easily treatable diseases and from the complications of simple surgical conditions. She wanted me to draw from my previous experience of leading a similar AKISAN mission to Akwa Ibom State in 2016. This time, the medical and surgical mission took place in earnest from Monday October 21 to Friday October 25, 2019. The whole AKISAN mission was generously supported by the Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path (FEYReP) Initiative, the First Lady’s pet project, and in Etinan, the mission was also supported by Love Without Borders Foundation, a York Pennsylvania based charity organization. Mission Sites and Site Leadership We decided to locate the missions in areas that had not benefitted from AKISAN missions in the past, the choice of locations was also based on established criteria that are known to be conducive for the effective operation of medical missions. That is how the missions came to be sited at the Ikono General Hospital at Ibiaku Ntok Okpo in Ikono Local Government for Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District; Etinan General Hospital, Etinan for Uyo Senatorial District, and the Cottage Hospital in Ekpene Obo for Eket Senatorial District. Immanuel Hospital in Eket was the first choice for the mission, but because of renovation work being embarked upon by the State Government, the facility was not available for us to use during the mission. I invited distinguished, trusted, and reputable individuals to be the team leaders to each of the centers in their respective home local government areas. Bishop Dr. Samuel Ottong MD, President of Bishop Medical pc Family Medicine Practice, Queens, New York, accepted my invitation to lead the team to Ibiaku Ntok Okpo, Dr Nsikan St. Martin MD , Obstetrician and Gynecologist from Louisiana was the team leader in Ekpene Obo, Dr Ally Inyang PhD, Pharmacologist from York, Pennsylvania, President and Founder of Love without borders was the team leader in Etinan. Ally and I, through Love without Borders had been planning for a mission to Etinan, the inclusion of Etinan as one of the centers for the AKISAN mission was a welcomed boost and a happy coincidence that benefitted both AKISAN and Love without borders. Budget I advised the President of AKISAN that in order to run a credible comprehensive medical and surgical mission, and for AKISAN to have the ability to pay for hotel bills, feeding of volunteers, procurement of medications for the outpatient department that will be dispensed to medical patients, and to pay stipend to the Nigeria based volunteers, that it would cost about twenty thousand dollars ($20,000:00) to run each mission site. Given the three-mission site that was planned, I advised AKISAN to budget about sixty thousand dollars ($60,000:00). The money will be kept and controlled by AKISAN, the money can only be disbursed by AKISAN for direct payment for purchases or to settle mission bills. I refused to accept any kind of deposit or any amount of any sort from AKISAN to organize the mission, and I did not handle any part of AKISAN money. Volunteers I called on my fellow Akwa Ibomites to volunteer for the mission and to go preferably to their senatorial district of origin. I recruited my family members, friends, and colleagues from the diaspora and from within Nigeria to volunteer for the mission. Members of Mboho Ima Iban Akwa Ibom of Northern California that I affectionately nicknamed the ‘California Angels’ volunteered as a group to serve in Etinan in the pre-operative units and the post anesthesia care units (PACU). Me, and all the volunteers from the diaspora provided our services completely pro bono, that is what true volunteerism is about, something that has yet to be inculcated into our Nigerian based counterparts, because most of the Nigerian based volunteers expected, demanded, and received some amount of stipend for their services. Some of the Ikono volunteers accosted the team leader Bishop Dr. Samuel Ottong in Ibiaku Ntok Okpo and insisted to be paid stipends even before the mission was concluded or before it even went half-way through. Here are the names of the volunteers to the 2019 AKISAN Medical and Surgical Mission to Akwa Ibom State, the capacity, and the locations where they served. Eket Nsikan St Martin GYN Team Leader Michael Ukpe GYN Boniface Effiong Medical Superintendent Richard Akpabio Surgery Okoro Jeremiah Surgery King Udoh Surgery Utibe Umanah Surgery E. Essien GYN David Udoh Surgery Abasiema Ekott Medicine Udo Udo Mfon OPD Akpan Abasifreke OPD Itoro Ukpanah OPD Abasifreke Ekpenyong OPD Umoh Medicine Francis Ejike Medicine Edidiong Sunday Medicine Enobong Udota Medicine Esther Umoh Medicine Rose Essien Anesthesia Amos Tom Ekwere Anesthesia Helen Udoekong Anesthesia Jimmy Edemekong Anesthesia Nseobong Harry Anesthesia Christian Benson Anesthesia OR Nurses for Eket Christiana William Blessing Essien Emem Anderson Anthonia Asuquo Patience Akpan Edikan Ibokette Itoro Sampson Imaobong Solomon Agnes Nyong Eno Williams Mrs. Uduak Afiakusin Mr. Idorenyin Akpakpan Mrs. Aniefiok Raymond Mr. Awok Leonard Vasco Joe --- --- Also served as the Chief of Logistics for Eket Emem Victor OR Co-ordinator Idara Udoh PACU Nurses for Eket Mrs. Uduak Umoh Mrs. Franka Etuk Mrs. Bassey Ubeh Mrs. Blessing Ukonsek Mrs. Imo Moses Inieke Mary Tongo Enobong Udo Friday Eyo Jackson Ekemini Utibe Bassey Etimbuk Mbetubong Francisca Bassey Outpatient Nurses for Eket Mfon Umana Nancy Ntia Agnes Udoh Ukpongmma Oduok Christiana Etukudoh Mrs. Ekanem Dr. Glory Udoh Logistics Ms. Valerie Etukudoh Logistics Obonganwan Dr. Ini Adiahakpan Logistics Autoclave Technicians for Eket Helen Ekpuk Pharmacy Nsikak Okon Edidiong Udofa Idongesit Eyo Emmanuel Emerson Uduak Udofia Laboratory Sunday Udokwo Mrs KufreAbasi Elizabeth Sunday Andy Ewa Ikono Volunteers OR Doctors: 1) Dr Otobong Asuquo 2) Dr Aniekan Jackson 3) Dr Ugo Ugochukwu 4) Dr Ubong Ubom 5) Dr Oku Okoiseh 6) Dr Ekere OPD Doctors: 7) Dr Kufre Francis 8) Dr Glory Bassey 9) Dr Ima-abasi Stephen 10) Dr Felix Essien 11) Dr Ekpe-iko Bassey Anaesthetist: 12) Mr Paul Idu Pharmacists: 13) John Obo 14) Ugochi Nwabini OR Nurses: 15) Covenant Ukpo 16) Emefak Okoko 17) Bella Udoekong 18) Raphael Ogar PACU Nurses 19) Uduakobong Uwah 20) Monica Atsu 21) Promise Moses 22) Umoh Akrasi OPD Nurses 23) Ememabasi Essienabasi LOGISTICS/ASSISTANCE 24)Richard Tete STERILIZING UNIT: 25) Richard Jacob 26) Abasiedema Noah SECURITY (OFFICERS): 27) Bassey 28) Dan LOCAL VOLUNTEERS: 29) Dr Kyrian Ekpotu MD 30) Charity Wisdom (nurse anaesthetist NA) 31) Mr I Akpan OR Nurse/ in charge theatre 32) Sylvester Akpan (NA) LOCAL OR ASSISTANTS 33) Aniefiok Umoren 34) Daniel Akpan 35) Ofonmbuk Udo 36) Edet Akpan US VOLUNTEERS: 1) Dr Samuel Ottong (Team Leader) 2) Mr Uwem Umoren Head of logistic 3) Ene Ben 4) Mr Ime Akpan 5) Theresa Udofia 6) Mr Mfon Akpabio Etinan Inyang Udousoro Medicine Ally Inyang Pharm Team Leader Udeme Inyang Anesth Asuquo Inyang Surg/ Anesth Ekamma Inyang Phys/ Therapy OR Coordinator Ini Uboh Admin Edo Etukeren ER Nurse Clyde Strang Urology Francis Essien Surgery Emmanuel Udoeyop GYN Imaikop Mmah Logistics Aniekan Etim RN Schola Idem RN Surgery Glory Udoisa RN Inyang Edem LVN Eme Bassey LVN Medicine Grace Udoh Logistics Matrise Essien RN PACU Agnes Umana Nurse Assist. Blessing Udoffia RN Pat Peters Essien RN Helen Essien NA Gloria Ekpenyong RN PACU Blessing Okon Supplies Mx Grace Udosen RN Grace Joe Eka RN Ebere Mejeha Surgery/ GYN Bassey Etuknwa Surgery Sakhiel Nkanta Surgery Uche Ebi Anesthesia Kate Eyo Anesthesia Afiamma Adiakpantin Anesthesia Comment [NI1]: Isangobong Anyang Anesthesia Michael Ekaete Logistics Iso Usang Iso Scheduler/ Statistics Ignatius Ekwere Logistics Juliet Ekwere Logistics OR Nurses for Etinan Mr. Pius Brown Mrs. Alice Pius Brown Mr. Bassey Eteng Mr. Ibong Akpan Mrs. Uduak Umoh Mrs. Mary Ekpo Mrs. Inimfon Ekpoudom Mrs. Affiong Ukam Mr. Paul Eboro PACU Nurses for Etinan Mrs. Mary Ekong Mrs. Grace George Mrs. OtoAbasi Benson Miss Udeme Nkwo Mr. Idaresit Etifit Autoclave Technician Mr. Samuel Okokon Pharmacy for Etinan Abasiifreke Sunday Blessing Asuquo Esther Moses Optometrists for Etinan Godwin Umoh Joseph Ita Christiana Udoinyang Ground work Since I am domicile in the United States, I needed information on the state of readiness of the different hospitals we were to utilize for the mission. I called on my friend Dr Inyang Udousoro, a retired former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health to evaluate the General Hospital, Etinan and Immanuel Hospital, Eket. I also called on Dr Otobong Asuquo, an OB/GYN senior registrar with UUTH who has served with me in many other missions to assess the Ikono General Hospital, and in addition to evaluate the Konokoniks Hotel where the Ikono team members would be staying. Ms. Margaret Itauma, the AKISAN President also traveled home to confirm the findings in June 2019 at which time she recruited Mr. Vasco Joe to help coordinate activities and offer updates in Eket, and she also recruited Mr.