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WORLD-FAMOUS US-BASED NIGERIAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEON VISITS THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE SOON-TO-BE-COMMISSIONED NEW MASSEY CHILDREN'S SPECIALIST REFERRAL HOSPITAL (NMCH)

An unborn baby with a life-threatening tumour. A surgeon who lifted her from the womb, removed the tumour and returned her to her mother's womb to continue developing until she was born a healthy baby girl weeks later. Amazing!

That surgeon is Nigerian and a friend of Mr Governor. This week, it was a pleasure to welcome him on a tour of the New Massey site.

Professor Oluyinka Olutoye, Surgeon-in-Chief at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, co-led that celebrated 2016 "baby born twice" operation. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/20/health/baby-born-twice-fetal-surgery

He was accompanied by his wife, Professor Toyin Olutoye, an accomplished paediatric anaesthesiologist and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

I was joined by Dr Cecilia Mabogunje, Chair of the New Massey Operationalisation Committee, and Dr Olanike Olutekunbi, Medical Director of the existing Massey Street Children's Hospital.

These are the Nigerian medical super-specialists we want to attract back to Lagos. We want our brains back in Nigeria, but government must be intentional about it.

Prof Oluyinka Olutoye pledged his full support for Mr Governor's vision: to establish the New Massey as a regional referral centre for specialised paediatric care, ending the need for families to travel abroad for treatment.

The 150-bed hospital will have dedicated paediatric and neonatal intensive care units, as well as specialist medical and surgical services.

It will also train the next generation of paediatricians, paediatric specialists and subspecialists, and foster global research collaborations.

With the Lagos State Smart Health Information Platform (SHIP) on track, Nigerian medical specialists abroad will also soon be able to take part virtually in clinical care in Lagos.

To every Nigerian medical professional excelling abroad: Lagos is building. Come and see.

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WORLD-FAMOUS US-BASED NIGERIAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEON VISITS THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE SOON-TO-BE-COMMISSIONED NEW MASSEY CHILDREN'S SPECIALIST REFERRAL HOSPITAL (NMCH)

An unborn baby with a life-threatening tumour. A surgeon who lifted her from the womb, removed the tumour and… pic.twitter.com/6ZFyWMYnwu

— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) October 14, 2026

Whao! What a brilliant surgeon Nigeria is endowed with there

Amazing! This is worth celebrating 🍾

Dr if you like trust nigerian govt at your peril

Remove the tumor and return unborn child to the womb. Now you know why Nigerian leaders they run abroad for medical treatment

Sanwolu is too silent with his achievement this guy build 3 new general hospital and renovate all 100 plus primary health centers

Under his 90 percent of funds for rail way is released that’s why train within lagos started working under him

He is too
Silent with his records

Good one. A big congratulations. We need to reverse the brain drain and save our country from the decline.

THESE YORUBAS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS WITHOUT MAKING NOISE

Another gifted hands well-done

This doctor is highly talented

It’s great to see Nigerian professionals making meaningful contributions to healthcare around the world. Prof. Oluyinka Olutoye is a source of pride and inspiration for the younger generation.

I was waiting to hear that the guy is a governor's son or the son of formal president, senator or minister. Aswear👅 if my papa na any of these eh, the level of education i for go in this life will surpass this one

Too educated to be Tribalistic
Too exposed to meddle in such
I detested the day he uttered those words.
Coming from a brother of the knife 🔪

Beautiful moves! This is the way to go! However,don't use it as political stunt!

Omoluabi, you’re highly welcome home. We, the Yoruba, are not just another group of Africans; we are a special breed of highly spiritual people. You can hate us, that’s fine. But never make the mistake of trying to hurt us, because you’ll only end up hurting yourself very badly.

We are unapologetically Yoruba.

Hezmatosky210:
I was waiting to hear that the guy is a governor's son or the son of formal president, senator or minister. Aswear👅 if my papa na any of these eh, the level of education i for go in this life will surpass this one

Having all the paper qualifications doesn't make one smart or competent. Nigerians just like using it to show off.

streetsoldier1:
THESE YORUBAS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS WITHOUT MAKING NOISE

Christlike01:
Omoluabi, you’re highly welcome home. We, the Yoruba, are not just another group of Africans; we are a special breed of highly spiritual people. You can hate us, that’s fine. But never make the mistake of trying to hurt us, because you’ll only end up hurting yourself very badly.

We are unapologetically Yoruba.

I knew someone was going to tribalise the matter.

nedu666:
Remove the tumor and return unborn child to the womb. Now you know why Nigerian leaders they run abroad for medical treatment

Yes, because they and you and most nigerians are not ready to pay the tax and the hospitalfees they pay abroad for the hospitals to make enough money to advance research, pay for high quality equipment, pay for costs and so forth to replicate the same thing in Nigeria.

Yes, call me tinubu supporter, tax man, etc....the fact is, Americans pay billions in dollars in taxes, hospital fees, etc to make sure their hospitals are high quality. And here in Nigeria, assuming there is no corruption, our health budget cannot do the same.

You guys also are allergic to the idea of a leadership that would make NIgeria an industrial nation, na the same old tinubu type leaders una dey choose. Even now, many of you guys vote for the same old leaders because dem go share money.

We have been complaining about how our leaders go abroad, yet we no wan pay the kind money that would keep them, and many other NIgerians, at home.

Same thing for universites, and so forth.

Advanced medical care, e dey cost money. Plenty money. And there are many Americans who are broke because of the high fees and money they pay for the privilege. Una think say Luigi just woke up and said he felt like shooting someone?

Christlike01:
Omoluabi, you’re highly welcome home. We, the Yoruba, are not just another group of Africans; we are a special breed of highly spiritual people. You can hate us, that’s fine. But never make the mistake of trying to hurt us, because you’ll only end up hurting yourself very badly.

We are unapologetically Yoruba.

streetsoldier1:
THESE YORUBAS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS WITHOUT MAKING NOISE

LOL..please you tribalists should not make me laugh.

Yourba land where the schools, hospitals , universites and so forth are a disgrace? Yoruba land that cannot manufacture computers, planes, cars, etc? Yoruba land that cannot point to a medical center that is world famous?

Yoruba land where there is a large mass of undereducated and poorly employed youths?



Same thing goes for other tribes too, before you start. Most of you Nigerians come here to cap about how amazing your tribe is when one of us does well, but meanwhile you vote for leaders who do not make the hard decisions to create homegrown talent.

The man try well well
Is not an easy feat

The man na surgery himself

clothingonline:
Sanwolu is too silent with his achievement this guy build 3 new general hospital and renovate all 100 plus primary health centers

Under his 90 percent of funds for rail way is released that’s why train within lagos started working under him

He is too
Silent with his records

You're right!
Samwo Olui is a complete gentleman.
Yorubas don't make noise.

We don't believe in nzogbu nzogbu!

Just fantastic – proof that Lagos is thriving under his leadership!

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nairalanda1:
LOL..please you tribalists should not make me laugh.

Yourba land where the schools, hospitals , universites and so forth are a disgrace? Yoruba land that cannot manufacture computers, planes, cars, etc? Yoruba land that cannot point to a medical center that is world famous?

Yoruba land where there is a large mass of undereducated and poorly employed youths?



Same thing goes for other tribes too, before you start. Most of you Nigerians come here to cap about how amazing your tribe is when one of us does well, but meanwhile you vote for leaders who do not make the hard decisions to create homegrown talent.

Yea! Spot on spot on spot on 🔥 🔥🔥

symbianDON:
Amazing! This is worth celebrating 🍾

The visit?
The yet to be completed hospital?

Or maybe the fact that Lagosians are drinking water from shitty boreholes despite 27 years of growing the state budget 100 times to N4.2 trillion, squeezed out of higher tax and debt burden on people, even plus including those who are yet to be born?

Please what is worth celebrating?

georgeakins:
You're right!
Samwo Olui is a complete gentleman.
Yorubas don't make noise.

We don't believe in nzogbu nzogbu!

A complete gentleman, because he knows how to steal without making any noise? Or because of what else?

These are the Nigerian medical super-specialists we want to attract back to Lagos. We want our brains back in Nigeria, but government must be intentional about it.

Supported.

clothingonline:
Sanwolu is too silent with his achievement this guy build 3 new general hospital and renovate all 100 plus primary health centers

Under his 90 percent of funds for rail way is released that’s why train within lagos started working under him

He is too
Silent with his records

Hes silent because they have taken all his glorious good work and credited it to the ineffectual Bola. If he starts blowing his trumpet, Batified slaves will come for him & make him lose favor with the govt. Osinbajo, sanwo olu, fashionable would probably have done a better job than Bola

nairalanda1:
Yes, because they and you and most nigerians are not ready to pay the tax and the hospitalfees they pay abroad for the hospitals to make enough money to advance research, pay for high quality equipment, pay for costs and so forth to replicate the same thing in Nigeria.

Yes, call me tinubu supporter, tax man, etc....the fact is, Americans pay billions in dollars in taxes, hospital fees, etc to make sure their hospitals are high quality. And here in Nigeria, assuming there is no corruption, our health budget cannot do the same.

You guys also are allergic to the idea of a leadership that would make NIgeria an industrial nation, na the same old tinubu type leaders una dey choose. Even now, many of you guys vote for the same old leaders because dem go share money.

We have been complaining about how our leaders go abroad, yet we no wan pay the kind money that would keep them, and many other NIgerians, at home.

Same thing for universites, and so forth.

Advanced medical care, e dey cost money. Plenty money. And there are many Americans who are broke because of the high fees and money they pay for the privilege. Una think say Luigi just woke up and said he felt like shooting someone?

As much as you keep at the "paying part", and can point to everywhere where this "works" but I don't see you shout as much of the "earning part".

You can't expect people to pay out of their lack!

Addressing the purchasing power of the average Nigerian is at the heart of this.

This is where private-driven mass employment initiatives come in but like I said you push too much on the part of "Nigerians not wanting to pay" for those things you keep mentioning when obviously their pockets can't accommodate them.

Abeg let's not put the cart before the horse!

nairalanda1:
Yes, because they and you and most nigerians are not ready to pay the tax and the hospitalfees they pay abroad for the hospitals to make enough money to advance research, pay for high quality equipment, pay for costs and so forth to replicate the same thing in Nigeria.

Yes, call me tinubu supporter, tax man, etc....the fact is, Americans pay billions in dollars in taxes, hospital fees, etc to make sure their hospitals are high quality. And here in Nigeria, assuming there is no corruption, our health budget cannot do the same.

You guys also are allergic to the idea of a leadership that would make NIgeria an industrial nation, na the same old tinubu type leaders una dey choose. Even now, many of you guys vote for the same old leaders because dem go share money.

We have been complaining about how our leaders go abroad, yet we no wan pay the kind money that would keep them, and many other NIgerians, at home.

Same thing for universites, and so forth.

Advanced medical care, e dey cost money. Plenty money. And there are many Americans who are broke because of the high fees and money they pay for the privilege. Una think say Luigi just woke up and said he felt like shooting someone?

Every time tax. You believe govt should tax people without creating jobs and enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Is that the way it is done in the abroad you are fond of making reference to. What of those paying tax, are they enjoying the benefits of the tax they pay. The niger delta has been feeding the nation, are they enjoying the benefits. Thank God you mentioned Americans pay billions of dollars in tax. Now ask yourself do unemployed, poor and homeless Americans pay tax because majority of Nigerians are unemployed, poor and homeless