SKYLYN

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out massive surgical operations to alleviate the medical challenges of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Borno State. The directive to carry out the 3-week medical intervention programme was given by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. According to the NAF Chief of Medical Services, Air Vice Marshal Saleh Shinkafi, a team of NAF medical professionals was immediately deployed to conduct a 2-day medical intervention on receipt of the directive from the CAS. The team discovered that most of the IDPs faced various medical challenges as a result of long periods of neglect and poor medical conditions in their living environments. Consequently, a comprehensive medical intervention programme, covering Dalori, Bama and Banki IDP camps, was undertaken. A total of 420 IDPs were subsequently screened and most of them treated and operated for various medical conditions. For instance, 201 major operations to resolve var