Medical experts have revealed that Katsina State records an average of 40 to 50 new spinal cord injury (SCI) cases every year, with most incidents resulting from road accidents and falls from heights. A Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, Dr. Nasir Dalhatu Kurfi, disclosed this during a Spinal Cord Injuries Awareness Conference [ ]
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Katsina Records 50 New Spinal Cord Injury Cases Annually — Experts
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