Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State will today officially declare open a centre for the treatment of heart-related disorders, the disease which experts said now kill more than any infectious diseases in the country.
Known as Tri-State Heart and Vascular Centre, the facility which is located right inside the faith-based institution to provide services that surpass the available cardio vascular services in the Sub-Saharan Africa is jointly put together by the university and the institute at the cost of about N2 billion.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. James Kayode-Makinde, who disclosed this on Tuesday at a pre-launch press briefing in Ilisan-Remo, said the new heart centre is designed not only to halt medical tourism but also to train more cardiologists in the country as well as to attract more expatriates to build the nation’s economy.
He said while a Fellowship programme had already been initiated at the school’s medical college to train more consultants in this field, more healthcare centres including the one for cancer patients and the medical research institutes are on the pipeline. The vice-chancellor noted that the Tri-State Foundation which would also be launched today is aimed at raising fund from philanthropist individuals and institutions to take care of poor Nigerians suffering from heart-related diseases.
“Our plan is not to reject patients on any basis including financial difficulty,” he stressed.
Shedding more light on the disease, the President of Tri-State Cardiovascular Institute at the university, Professor Kamar Adeleke said it was disheartening that cardiovascular disorders had taken over from known infectious diseases including Malaria as the nation’s leading killer-diseases.
He explained that the situation has further shortened the life span of Nigerians to between 51 and 52 years of age compared with that of Kenyans that stand at 68 to 69.
By: Olawaseun Bolaji
National Mirror News
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