Location information
Address
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Hospital Road off Yandoka Rd, 740101 Bauchi Bauchi 234 Nigeria
Hospital type
University-affiliated
Hospital description
Third-Level Hospital (Referral)
This is a teaching hospital
Description
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi is a Federal Teaching Hospital located inthe North-easternpart of Nigeria. It serves not only the over 6million population of its host state, but also those of the adjourning Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba and Yobe States.
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) is a University Teaching Hospital affiliated to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) also in Bauchi. It is a centre committed to providing Healthcare service delivery with responsiveness, well motivated workforce through continuous manpower development research and training towards improving wellbeing of humanity.
The paediatric surgery unit of the department of Surgery (the only one in the entire state) provides specialist surgical care to the children of Bauchi State and the adjourning parts of the neighboring states (with a combined population approaching 20 million).
Member information
Name
Aminu Umar
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
General Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Paediatric
Languages spoken
- English
- Hausa
Professional affiliations / memberships
- Other
Other membership organisations
Associated of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON)
Conditions treated
- Gastrointestinal
- Bowel Obstruction (parasitic, adhesive, mass)
- Benign polyps
- Malignant disease– colon, rectal, anal, carcinoids
- Appendicitis
- Anal disease: Hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulae, prolapse
- Incontinence
- Stomas – colostomies / ileostomies
- GI bleeds
- Endocrine
- Thyroid/parathyroid
- Adrenal
- Hepatobiliary
- Liver disease benign
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Paediatric
- Tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Newborn intestinal atresias
- Ano-rectal malformations
- Hirschsprung’s Disease
- Tumors (Wilms’, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma)
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocoele)
- Biliary atresia/choledochal cysts
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformations
- Vascular anomalies
- Trauma and Critical Care
- Ventilator management
- Total parenteral nutrition management
- Ability to do the following procedures
- Frozen section pathology
- Calretinin testing
Equipment used
- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
- Harmonic scalpel
- Wound protectors
- Straight stapling devices
- End-to-end anastomosis (EEA) circular stapler
- Vacuum assisted closure device
- Temporary abdominal wound closure
- Synthetic or biologic patches/mesh
- Balloon catheters
- Gastroschisis springloaded silos
- Stimulator for anorectal malformation (ARM) procedures
- CT
- MRI
- Ultrasound
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
- Central venous catheters
- Mechanical ventilators
- Total parental nutrition (TPN)
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
