- Request received06/09/2025
- Checked & confirmed25/03/2026
- Fundraising25/03/2026
- Treatment provided27/04/2026
- Invoice paid29/04/2026
- Case closed
Why is treatment sometimes done earlier than the payment?
When a case is urgent and vital, hospitals often proceed with delivering medical care right away to save a life, even before the finalisation of admission procedures. Usually, when this happens, hospitals put the bill on our credit until the funds are transferred to their accounts. That’s why the chronology can sometimes be in disorder.
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Abayo K., 1
Report publishedSkin
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$730
About skin
Necrotizing fasciitis, often called "flesh-eating disease," is a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection that rapidly destroys skin, fat, and the fascia (tissue covering muscles). It starts from bacteria entering a break in the skin, causing severe pain disproportionate to visible signs, fever, rapid skin color changes (red to purple/black), blisters, and rapid spread. The patient has necrotizing fasciitis in the right groin area, requiring abdominal pelvic surgery. After the infection is fully resolved, further surgery will be necessary for wound closure and coverage.
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Osogbo Central Hospital
Osogbo central Hospital is located at Oke-Baale, adjacent Nawarudeen Grammar School, along Ibokun Road, Osogbo, Osun State.
Background
Kouto Abayo is born as a last born to a family of 11, the father of the child is a farmer, and the mother is also assisting the father with his farming, they all live in a rented room and parlour apartment, the monthly income of the family is around 40,000 per month. 10days earlier, they noticed a boil, due to the ignorance of the parents they used herbal and self treatment, until it got out of hand and somebody now directed them to use our facility via our radio jingle. Upon presentation, and after evaluation at our hospital, he was diagnosed with a massive right groin Necrotizing Fasciitis which required immediate admission, wound debridement, antibiotics, and series of wound dressing and eventually wound closure.
Medical history
Patient presented with fever, open laceration (infective wound) on the inguinal region and groin area with slough pus discharge ( wound was about 8cm x 5cm). the wound was dressed immediatley and packed pending the plastic surgeon review. He was placed on IV Rocephin, IV Gentamicin and IV Analgesics'. After plastic surgeon review, he had wound debridement done on account of necrotizing fasciitis and was transfused on the next day of the procedure after he was discovered to be anaemic. Patient was placed on daily wound dressing and had wound cover with groin flap 9 days after the debridement. patient was discharge home stable and active on syrup anagelsics and vitamin C, the op-site was clean and dry. He presented a week later for his follow up clinic and was his general condition was satisfactory.
Prognosis
The patient has a right inguinal necrotising fasciitis, a severe soft tissue infection requiring urgent surgical intervention. The recommended treatment is surgical debridement to remove all necrotic tissue, followed by a right groin random flap cover. This approach is expected to aid wound healing, restore tissue integrity, and minimize the risk of recurrence or complications. Prompt diagnosis and immediate, aggressive treatment with surgery (debridement) and strong antibiotics are crucial to prevent sepsis, organ failure, amputation, and death. With timely surgery and appropriate postoperative care, the prognosis for recovery is good.
