According to her, following the success of the pilot, the two charities will implement solar surgery installations across 40 pediatric theatres by 2025 as they seek to increase capacity for safe pediatric surgery, including lifesaving cleft lip and palate surgeries.
"The daily consumption of medical equipment is 5 KWH, and the new system could last up to 6 hours, saving 1.5 tons of CO2 each year," she said.
Obi said the backed-up systems enable their surgical teams to carry out their treatment without fear while improving its surgical infrastructure and access to critical care.
The system also reduces the carbon footprint of the operating room that draws energy from the power grid and reliance on diesel generators.
"Going green with our pediatric theatres is a win-win that while saving lives we are also safeguarding our planet," said Obi.
The two charity firms last year announced an ambitious plan to introduce a solar panel operating room in Africa.
The system aims at reducing the cost and carbon footprint of surgery while increasing quality and patient safety, across low- and middle-income countries.
The stand-alone solar battery support systems are mounted on the roof of a facility, which charges a battery unit capable of powering medical equipment in an operating room continually during daylight and for a further six hours after sunset.
The power unit removes reliance on the national grid, requires no diesel generator backup, reduces the carbon footprint of each operation, increases patient safety, and integrates high-tech activities like anesthetic gas scavenging to even the world's most remote hospital.
Mrs Obi said this unique solar surgery system thus makes the best possible care available to the most vulnerable and remote child.