Yusuf Buhari
The health of Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari,
who was admitted at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, on December 26, 2017
following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, has improved remarkably and he is ready to be discharged.
This was revealed by the Presidency on Friday.
According to Punch Metro, the Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement
made available to journalists.
Adesina said the news of Yusuf’s improved health and imminent
discharge was contained in a statement dated January 12, 2018, by the
Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Felix Ogedegbe.
He reproduced Ogedegbe’s statement which also denied media reports
that the President’s wife, Aisha, also suffered shock and was treated at
the hospital.
He also quoted the report as saying that there was also no truth in
the report that Yusuf was involved in the accident alongside his
friend.
The doctor’s statement as released by the presidential spokesman read, “Mr.
Yusuf Muhammadu Buhari, son of His Excellency President Buhari, was
admitted into Cedarcrest Hospitals Abuja in the late hours of the 26th
of December 2017, following injuries sustained as a rider of a
motorcycle. Following initial stabilization, he was taken into intensive
care. He underwent successful emergency surgical operations the
following morning carried out by our team of neurosurgeons and
orthopaedic surgeons.
“Over the following week, his condition improved remarkably and
he was transferred from intensive care to the ward. He has remained
stable ever since and has continued to make remarkable progress. He is
now ready to be discharged.
“His extremely speedy response to treatment so far is testimony
to the world-class early care he has received here in Cedarcrest,
Abuja. We are grateful to His Excellency, President Buhari and Her
Excellency the First Lady Mrs. Aisha Buhari for the confidence in us and
for allowing us to look after Yusuf. This show of confidence goes a
long way to strengthen our collective belief in our resolve to offer
world-class health care locally. We are extremely grateful to our entire
hospital team for their dedication and hard work during this period.
“We are also grateful to the Honorable Minister of Health, the Honorable Minister of State for Health, and the eminent advisory team of specialists assembled by the Honourable Minister of Health who supported us in the course of looking after Yusuf. We are grateful to all Nigerians who prayed for Yusuf, his family and his carers. His response to treatment so far is clear testimony to answered prayers.
“We did note some very misleading reports about this incident
making the rounds in some social media outlets. Most of them would not
ordinarily need to be responded to. Suffice to say that there was only
one person involved in this incident. No one else required treatment for
this incident or its aftermath. Yusuf’s friend was not involved in the
accident and did not sustain any injuries whatsoever.
“Her Excellency the First Lady was not at any time treated for
shock and she was not admitted into Cedarcrest at any time. In addition,
Cedarcrest Hospitals has remained open to other in-patients and
out-patients and at no time were any patients denied access to the
hospital.”
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