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Dr. Ibrahim M. Habib
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Ibrahim M. Habib
+2347043133109
info@fmcbirninkebbi.gov.ng
Surgery
Surgery department started with the establishment of the Hospital
(F.M.C Birnin Kebbi) in the year 2000. 
It started with about 3 medical
Doctors and few personnel from Nursing Department.  It has ever remained the largest department
of the Hospital due to the various units that made up of the department.  Initially the following units were all under
the department:-
1. General surgery
2. Urology
3. Paediatric
surgery
4.Neurosurgery
5.Plastic
surgery
6. Orthopaedic surgery
7. Ophthalmology
8. Otorhinolaringology (Ent)
9. Dental
and Maxillofacial
10.Anaesthesia
Right from beginning of the Department, great surgeons
from all over Nigeria have visited and work with this department.  Notable among them are the following
professors:
1. Prof.
H N Mbibu (Late)
2. Prof.
E. A Ameh
3. Prof.
S.A. Olatoke
4. Prof.
O.O Olaomi
5. Prof.
J. N legbo
6. Prof.
K. R Iseh
7. Prof.
M. oborien
8. Prof.
A. I. Mungadi
9. Prof.
A. A ayaniyi
The Pioneer Medical Director (Prof. B.
B. Shehu) of this hospital have also contributed tremendously in terms of
manpower and the development of this department.  Dr D.K Allison was the pioneer HOD and
transferred the leadership of the department to Dr. Abitare Hope, then Dr. S.
I. Suleiman, Dr. Sahabi Bande (late) and now Dr. Ibrahim M. Habib since 2013.
Currently, with the hospital rapid expansion the following
units have grown into separate departments: -
1. Ophthalomology
2. Dental
and maxillofacial
3. Otorhinolaringology (ENT)
4.  Anaesthesia
Leaving only
the following units as surgery department:
1. General surgery
2.Orthopaedics,
Spine and trauma
3.Urology
4. Radio-oncology
5. Plastic,
Reconstructive, Burns and Aesthetic unit.
Scope of responsibility
Our responsibilities are mainly:
1.Clinical Services
2.Training
and research
3.Community
services
Clinical services
1. We
rendered 24 hours 7 day surgical emergency services.
2. We
conduct various surgical sub-specialty clinics at sopd:-
* Monday:
urology, spine, and orthopaedics
* Tuesday: General Surgery, Laparoscopy,
Plastic Surgery and oncology
* Wednesday:
orthopaedics
* Thursday: General Surgery, Orthoaedics,
Plastic – follow-up clinics
* Friday: orthopaedics
3. Day
care surgical procedures
4. Minimal
access surgeries (i.e Laparoscopy & endoscopy)
5. Various subspecialty elective surgeries
Monday to Friday
Training
& research
1. Full accreditation for training interns
from both Medical Schools and College of Nursing.

2. Partial Accreditation for surgery residency training
for membership with west African college of surgeon (wacs).
3. Prospective accreditation for medical
student training.
4. Intra departmental surgical skill and
surgical principle trainings to our Medical Officers.
5.Oversea capacity building of our young
agile consultants in various subspecialties by the management.
6. High output clinical scientific papers has
been published from the department
7. We have been involved in international collaboration researches:
Global surgery/trials.
Community
services
-
The Department has taken part in various
free surgical outreaches to different communities in Kebbi State.
-
We have conducted 100 free Hernia
Surgeries in this centre
sponsored by Federal Government.
-        In collaboration with the state
Government, we have been rendering rural surgical services in our rural outpost
and currently via Rural posting of Surgical Residents.
NB
:   the
department is usually fully represented in all Hospital committees for above
services or as may be related to Hospital expansion or preventive medicine.
A
chievements
The department has numerous achievements
and still counting to mention few among them are:
Services
:-
1. Above a thousand surgical emergencies
annually
2. Above a thousand various specialty
elective surgeries per-anum
3. Below
highly specialized surgical procedures are been done in our department at
affordable cost.
·
Total
hip and knee replacement surgeries (arthroplasty)
Spine
surgeries
Endourology
(turp, stone retrieval and passing of stents)

·Bone
lengthening procedures.  Ponsetti
technique of club foot

·      
Oncology
surgeries (whipple’s procedures mastectomy & reconstructions)

·      
Total
ear, mouth nose and lid reconstructions

·      
Hand
restorative surgery

·      
Congenital
sex reassignment surgeries

·      
Cosmetic
surgery (tummy tuck, breast lift and scar revision procedures)

·     Laparoscopic
surgery (pin Hole: appendectomy, cholecystectomy e.t.c)

·      
Post
burn reconstructions
Training:
1. Training
of 16 – 20 young graduate of Medical Schools (interns)
2. Postgraduate
Residency Training in surgery
Equipments/machines
1. Endoscopy
tower (Olympus)
2. Urology
Tower (Olympus)
3.  C– arm Radiology Machine (G. E)
4.  Laparoscopic
machine (techno)
5.  Digital
pneumatic torniquet
6.  Ultra modern specialized and general
electro-cautery machines
7.  Modular
4 suit theatre