One Barira Alhassan has accused Gombe State Specialist Hospital of removing one of her kidneys during a Caesarean section (CS).
Daily Trust made this public in a publication in which it is reported that Gombe State Specialist Hospital denied the charge, claiming the hospital accuser may have been born with a kidney instead of the normal two.
According to the report, the 38-year-old, who has ten children was admitted at the hospital on April 8, 2026 after experiencing complications during labour.
On doctors’ advice she underwent an emergency Caesarean section, which was considered successful as she was delivered of the baby, and was discharged.
But her health took a bad turn shortly after she was discharged,
experiencing persistent vomiting, abdominal pain, body swelling and pain during urination, symptoms she described as unusual because she had previously delivered all her children without surgery.
“After the operation, I became seriously ill. I was vomiting, my stomach was hurting, my body became swollen and I felt severe pain whenever I wanted to urinate.
“I started asking women who had undergone Caesarean sections whether they experienced what I was going through, but most of them said they did not,” she said.
The report stated that she later underwent further medical evaluation and to her rude shock was told she had only one kidney.
“I was shocked when the doctor told me that I had only one kidney. He even asked whether I had sold it,” adding, that she had never undergone any surgery in her life apart from the Caesarean section and at no time was she told she was born with only one kidney.
“All I want is justice and for the truth to come out. I want a proper investigation to establish how I allegedly lost my kidney,” she told the publication.
