Lagos Opens First Ultra Modern Cardiac And Renal Centre
Article | | By Lara Adejoro
http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/lagos-opens-first-ultra-modern-cardiac-and-renal-centre
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of health has opened for use of the public; the first ultra modern cardiac and renal centre at Gbagada area of Lagos.
This is aimed at reducing the spate medical trips abroad as well as build local capacity especially for ailments that should be treated locally but where expertise and facilities are not available to manage them.
The facility which is designed to handle heart and kidney related disease also offers out-patient services, diagnostic services, ultrasound, CT scan, Echo cardiography, Stress Electrocardiography, laboratory services, fluoroscopy, ocular investigation for complications from hypertension, diabetes and renal conditions, haemo-dialysis for acute and chronic kidney diseases with 24 dialysis machine, admission for all cardiac conditions that requires hospital stay, critical care in intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency wards, cardiac catherization, non invasive cardiology, open heart surgery, renal surgery, nursing and diabetic services, rehabilitation services and corporate wellness program.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris while giving reasons for embarking on the project noted that, there is an increasing number of patients presenting with end stage renal failure.
Idris noted that the cardiac and renal disease constitute a growing health burden globally stressing that there is what is called a triple jeopardy in the health sector especially in Lagos and Nigeria which require efforts of stakeholders in State health system to address.
He said, “we have what we call double jeopardy but now it is triple jeopardy in the sense that we do not only have problems with communicable diseases, we are now having problems with non-communicable diseases, and the third one has to do with mental health. But this project is trying to address the major aspect of the non-communicable disease burden”.
Idris added that the non-communicable disease burden prompted the State government to embark on the screening of people for hypertension and diabetes which are major contributor to the cardiac and renal ailment burden as part of the of its preventive and health promotion strategy stressing that the study from screening conducted State-wide showed that roughly 20 per cent of the people who were screened were hypertensive and between 5 and 6 per cent were diabetic.
“Not only that, we also do know that these two disease burden jointly cause serious complications in people who have these problems; and once you have these problems, you have them for live if they are not properly treated”, Idris explained.
http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/lagos-opens-first-ultra-modern-cardiac-and-renal-centre
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of health has opened for use of the public; the first ultra modern cardiac and renal centre at Gbagada area of Lagos.
This is aimed at reducing the spate medical trips abroad as well as build local capacity especially for ailments that should be treated locally but where expertise and facilities are not available to manage them.
The facility which is designed to handle heart and kidney related disease also offers out-patient services, diagnostic services, ultrasound, CT scan, Echo cardiography, Stress Electrocardiography, laboratory services, fluoroscopy, ocular investigation for complications from hypertension, diabetes and renal conditions, haemo-dialysis for acute and chronic kidney diseases with 24 dialysis machine, admission for all cardiac conditions that requires hospital stay, critical care in intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency wards, cardiac catherization, non invasive cardiology, open heart surgery, renal surgery, nursing and diabetic services, rehabilitation services and corporate wellness program.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris while giving reasons for embarking on the project noted that, there is an increasing number of patients presenting with end stage renal failure.
Idris noted that the cardiac and renal disease constitute a growing health burden globally stressing that there is what is called a triple jeopardy in the health sector especially in Lagos and Nigeria which require efforts of stakeholders in State health system to address.
He said, “we have what we call double jeopardy but now it is triple jeopardy in the sense that we do not only have problems with communicable diseases, we are now having problems with non-communicable diseases, and the third one has to do with mental health. But this project is trying to address the major aspect of the non-communicable disease burden”.
Idris added that the non-communicable disease burden prompted the State government to embark on the screening of people for hypertension and diabetes which are major contributor to the cardiac and renal ailment burden as part of the of its preventive and health promotion strategy stressing that the study from screening conducted State-wide showed that roughly 20 per cent of the people who were screened were hypertensive and between 5 and 6 per cent were diabetic.
“Not only that, we also do know that these two disease burden jointly cause serious complications in people who have these problems; and once you have these problems, you have them for live if they are not properly treated”, Idris explained.
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