Over 100 Fistula patients operated at Wau teaching hospital

August 19, 2015 (WAU)- At least 106 Fistula-affected women were successfully treated in Wau teaching hospital, with 68 of them already discharged, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative in the country, Barnaba Yisia said Wednesday.

“As per today with effort of minister of health Western Bahr el Ghazal state and senior surgeries, that we have assembled together, 106 patiences have been treated and 68 discharged,” he told reporters shortly after meeting the state governor, Rizik Zakariah.

More patients, he disclosed, were expected in Wau hospital from Upper Nile, Eastern Equatoria, Western Equatoria, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Lakes as well as the other states.

“Good news is that when they were coming to Wau, they were supported from anywhere they reached in the process of travelling which is a good thing for South Sudan,” said Yisia.

Meanwhile, the UNFPA representative assured the governor of the organisation’s continued support to Wau Health Science Institute, which passed out dozens of midwives last month.

He said UNFPA also supports Wau Catholic Institute with some of its basic necessities.

(ST).