DOCTORS RESTORE BABY’S PRIVATE PART AFTER DOG BITE.
A team of medical doctors at the Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH) has preserved the life of a five-month-old baby after reconstructing his entire private part which was eaten up by a dog.
The baby’s penis was completely eaten by the dog, making its operation a delicate undertaking.
After a five-hour operation, more than five doctors, led by hospital Consultant Urologist/Surgeon, Zacharia Kasoma, successfully dug out the patient’s private part.
Dr. Kasoma said the baby’s life was saved through a procedure called penile reconstruction following a near amputation from a dog bite.
LMUTH Public Relations Officer, Chizongo Siachiwena said in an interview that the incident happened when the child’s mother went out to drink.
Ms. Siachiwena said the baby was left in the care of its father, who was at the time drunk and fell asleep. “The baby’s mother allegedly was out drinking while its father who was looking after the baby was drunk.
The baby was sleeping beside its father and defecated. The dog went and started eating the poop and in the process, ate his penis too. The child started crying, but the father could not hear it,” she said.
A comment from the baby’s parents proved futile because they fear being arrested for child negligence.
Dr. Kasoma is proud of the team of specialists who attended to the patient who could have lost his life because of the injury.
“The operation was very critical because of the nature in which the baby came in. His private part was almost eaten and we could barely see the penis because the place where it was supposed to be was almost flat.”
Dr. Kasoma said the surgery, which involved digging out the penis of the baby was the first of its kind in the country.
Dr. Kasoma said currently, the child was doing well and its grandmother is satisfied with the cosmetic results and has noticed some nocturnal erection with good length.
“We had to dig the penis out and it will actually grow and he may not realize that something like this happened to him. He will be able to bear children,” he said.
Courtesy: Sunday Mail.