Navy, sports society give patients free knee surgeries

By Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
Twelve Nigerians are walking, bending, and moving freely again after receiving free, specialized knee surgery in a two-day medical outreach   in Calabar, Cross River State.
The beneficiaries, a mix of naval personnel and civilians, had lived for years with torn ligaments, meniscus tears, and chronic knee pain that kept them off their feet.
The programme, a joint effort by the Nigerian Navy and the Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine   Society of Nigeria, marked the society’s first medical outreach under its annual workshop.
The exercise opened at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), where five patients were treated and concluded at th...