The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bashir, a student of Government Day Secondary School, Tudun Salmanu, who had written his JSS examination preparatory to seeking admission to senior secondary school, engages in the grinding of grains under the tutelage of a man at the Muda Lawal Market, Bauchi.
Fourteen-year-old junior
secondary school student in Bauchi State, Bashir Salisu, is presently lying on
the hospital bed after a grinding machine accidentally plucked-off his two
testicles.
Narrating his ordeal to NAN
in pains at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU-TH)
Bauchi, Bashir said the sad event occurred on Friday around 10am when, in the
course of running the engine, the rotating belt mistakenly got in contact with
his baggy trousers and pulled him.
“When my trousers got
entangled as a result of the fast rotating belt, it instantly severed my
testicles and inflicted grave injuries on my private part.
“The pain was unbearable
and I was rushed to the hospital, where medical personnel started treating me.
“Unfortunately, the
testicles had gone and can no longer be replaced. The doctors confirmed that
the situation is irredeemable”, said the student in tears.
Bashir, who looked
downcast, said he engaged in grinding to learn a trade that he could rely on in
good time, as jobs were not easy to come by these days.
“I was engaging in the
trade after school hours and during holidays to enable me become self-reliant
during and after my studies as white-collar jobs are not easy to come by.
“My parents are poor and I
need to prepare myself, not only to be self-employed but also help them and my
younger brothers and sisters,” he said.
Father of Bashir, Malam
Salisu Mohammed, a farmer, said when the accident occurred, he had to struggle
to contain himself.
“I felt highly disturbed
initially but was able to collect myself later, believing that tragedies are
ordained by God and must, therefore, be accepted when they happen.
“We have intensified
prayers for his quick recovery, even though we have been made to understand by
medical experts that his testicles are gone for good.
“We thank God that he
survived the accident; he could have been dead by now and we must appreciate
such luck.
“Our major challenge now is
footing the bill of his treatment; we are therefore seizing this opportunity to
appeal for assistance from the government, individuals and organizations”, he
said.
On her part, mother to
Bashir, Mrs Aisha Salisu, told NAN that she was traumatized by the ordeal of
her son.
“He (son) had been weeping
all through until now that he was able to collect himself; seeing him wept
profusely touched me a lot and made me to express some emotions, but thank God,
he is now calm,” she said.
Speaking on the condition
of Bashir, a consultant urologist at the ATBU-TH, Dr Liman Usman, said the
student sustained injuries on his scrotum and testicles caused by the belt of a
grinding machine.
“His trouser got entangled
in the belt of a grinding machine, leading to the complete abortion of the
testicles and scrotum; both testicles were severed.
“He had lacerations on his
private part but these were just bruises; the inner shaft was intact,” he said.
The consultant said it was
not possible to transplant the testicles because of their complex nature,
adding that efforts should be geared towards making the student to
psychologically accept the situation as it is.
He, however, said what
could be done to address the psychological feeling of the boy, was to make
provision for plastic scrotum, which could only be done in hospitals abroad.
“What can be done is to
attach plastic scrotum so that when he feels it, he will have the impression
that he had his testicles intact.
“This is good for his
psychological development, but this cannot be done in Nigeria, except
overseas,” he stressed.
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