ABUJA-Founder and Director, Kanu Heart Foundation, KHF, Nwankwo Kanu, has said the foundation has so far spent $4.2 million for treatment of heart diseases.
He also said N5 billion had been estimated to build a Cardiac Centre for the treatment of heart diseases in the country.
KHF ultra-modern Cardiac Centre is expected to perform no fewer than 250 open-heart surgeries annually, with free treatment for heart patients between ages one and 12 years, while adult will receive subsidised treatment.
Kanu, who spoke at a briefing in Abuja, yesterday, said the Cardiac Centre, when completed, will be a 40-bed facility with state-of-the-art facility comparable to what was obtainable in foreign land.
He said the centre will help reduce costs associated with travelling abroad for heart treatment.
Kanu said: “Many Nigerians will also have the privilege of free medical attention for some categories of patients while others will be highly reduced.”
Facilities at the centre will include cardiac cauterization laboratory including a Cath laboratory machine, heart lung machines, infrastructures and equipments for the diagnostic center.
He said further: “We are worried by the growing number of patients suffering from congenital heart diseases now waiting for attention on the Foundation’s list.
“It is important that all Nigerians should help by contributing to establish a cardiac specialist hospital to save more lives and also save more costs.
“Currently, it costs the KHF five times more money to send one child overseas for open heart surgery than if the surgery was performed in Nigeria, but the facilities are not available.”
He said a fundraiser event for the project will take place in February, 2012.
BY VICTORIA OJEME
Vanguard Nigeria
He also said N5 billion had been estimated to build a Cardiac Centre for the treatment of heart diseases in the country.
KHF ultra-modern Cardiac Centre is expected to perform no fewer than 250 open-heart surgeries annually, with free treatment for heart patients between ages one and 12 years, while adult will receive subsidised treatment.
Kanu, who spoke at a briefing in Abuja, yesterday, said the Cardiac Centre, when completed, will be a 40-bed facility with state-of-the-art facility comparable to what was obtainable in foreign land.
He said the centre will help reduce costs associated with travelling abroad for heart treatment.
Kanu said: “Many Nigerians will also have the privilege of free medical attention for some categories of patients while others will be highly reduced.”
Facilities at the centre will include cardiac cauterization laboratory including a Cath laboratory machine, heart lung machines, infrastructures and equipments for the diagnostic center.
He said further: “We are worried by the growing number of patients suffering from congenital heart diseases now waiting for attention on the Foundation’s list.
“It is important that all Nigerians should help by contributing to establish a cardiac specialist hospital to save more lives and also save more costs.
“Currently, it costs the KHF five times more money to send one child overseas for open heart surgery than if the surgery was performed in Nigeria, but the facilities are not available.”
He said a fundraiser event for the project will take place in February, 2012.
BY VICTORIA OJEME
Vanguard Nigeria
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