Orthopaedics and Trauma

The department came into being in November, 2006. It is a critical clinical part of the hospital, rendering emergency and elective care for trauma and Orthopaedic patients in and outside Ekiti State. It is also in conjunction with Surgery Department involved in the training of Resident Doctors for Part 1 post graduate examination of both the National and West Africa Post graduate medical colleges and training of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti Medical students. Also students from School of Health Technology (Ijero Ekiti, Offa and Ilorin) do their eight to twelve weeks industrial attachment in the department.

The department has four (4) full time consultants, one (1) senior registrar, thirteen (13) plaster technicians, ten (10) Nurses and other support staffs

BED  STATE  :   Male Orthopaedic ward               25 beds

                   Female Surgical ward                  12 beds

                   Children ward                              12 beds

                   Bed occupancy                            80%

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

Monday       -         Firm A: Senior Registrar‘s ward round          8 am – 2 pm

         Firm B:  Elective theatre section                    8 am – 4 pm

          Tuesday       -         Consultant ward round (Firm A & B)            10 am – 2 pm

Wednesdays -         Registrar’s ward round (Firm A)                    10 am – 12noon

                     Preoperative ward round (Firm A)                 4 pm – 5 pm

Thursdays    -         Orthopaedic and Trauma outpatient

clinic (Firm B)                                                10 am – 2 pm

                                         Elective theatre section (Firm A)                    8 am – 4 pm

            Friday            -           Orthopaedic and Trauma outpatient

                                                Clinic (Firm A)                                                          10 am – 2 pm

                                         Senior Registrar’s ward round (Firm B)          8 am – 2 pm

                                         Preoperative ward round (Firm B)                  3 pm – 4 pm

     Emergency Theatre Section: All days of the week            -              24 hours daily                 

Departmental Academic Programmes

    Mondays: Weekend review Coordinated by all consultants     

in the Department                                 2.00pm  -   4.00pm

   Tuesdays: Seminars Topic Presentation                8.00am   -  10.00am

   Wednesdays:  Clinical Presentation                      2.00pm   -   4.00pm

   Thursday & Friday: Clinical Presentation and Teaching of Residents and Medical

            Students in the clinic

        Other Department Activities:

i.               Club Foot Clinic:     Wednesday      -        8.00am – 10.00am

ii.             Bed side Teaching:   Wednesday     -      10.00am – m12 noon

       AVAILABLE FACILITIES

·      Small fragment set for paediatric orthopaedic operations             x        2

·      Large fragment set                                                                         x        1

·      Basic Orthopaedic instrument set                                                  x        2

·      Dynamic Hip Screw set                                                                 x        1

·      Locked intramedullary nail set                                                      x        1

·      Hip Hemiarthroplasty set                                                             x        1

·      Multifunction Battery operated Bone Drill                                   x        2

·      Amputation saw                                                                            x        2

·      Sequestrectomy forceps                                                                 x        2

·      Oscilating cast cutting saw                                                            x        1

·      Bohler Braun frame                                                                       x        6

·      Varieties of Implants and External Fixators

IN-PATIENT CARE

The in-patient care is offered in the Accident and Emergency, male and female wards, male Orthopaedic ward and other areas where referrals might be given to us.

OUT-PATIENT CARE

This is rendered in the surgical outpatient department (SOPD) Here, non-emergency cases are seen: Also post operative follow up cases are attended to. All elective cases are also attended to where they are admitted or seen on outpatient basis.