Urological surgeons commend Mansard for funding postgraduate training fellowships

THE Pan-African Urological Surgeons Association’s Initiative for Urological Training in Africa (PIUTA), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, Centre has commended Mansard Insurance plc for its support to the centre by means of its annual funding of the Postgraduate Training Fellowships in general urology.

    Speaking recently on the centre’s achievement in 2014, the director of the centre, Prof. E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, disclosed that Mansard’s support for the centre has been invaluable towards achieving centre’s accomplishments. Some of the landmark achievements made with Mansard’s support include the overseas Training and Conference Fellowship to Dr. Sikiru A. Adebayo of Urology Division, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan to attend the Bristol Urology Urodynamic Course in the United Kingdom and the 34th Congress of the Societe Internationale d’Urology held in Glasgow-Scotland in October 2014.

     Dr. S.A. Adebayo and Dr. Ijeoma N. Chibuzo, on behalf of others, presented the patented University of Ibadan/University College Hospital Bladder Manikin® – a locally designed teaching aid for suprapubic catheterization in low resource countries at the conference in Glasgow. The Manikin was awarded the First Prize for the Best Affordable Technology. 

    According to Olapade-Olaopa, through the support of Mansard, PIUTA was able to clear and insure the state-of-the-art endoscopy equipment donated by Karl Storz GMBH (a German company) for advanced urological training fellowships at the University of Ibadan and the University College Hospital.

    Also, the centre was able to produce Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) in indigenous Nigerian languages. A survey of patients on usefulness of the PIL revealed that the leaflets were very useful, as they understood the information provided on the diseases and their treatment. Part of the fund from Mansard also provided support for the development of a Yoruba language Human and Veterinary Medical Dictionary.