The Chief Medical Director of Wellington Hospital, Abuja, Dr Charles Ugwuanyi, has warned that uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes are placing Nigerians prone to kidney injury, urging common screening and early therapy to stop issues.
Ugwuanyi raised the priority at a press convention to mark the hospital’s fifteenth anniversary, the place he highlighted the risks of poorly managed power ailments and indiscriminate use of medicines.
He mentioned that Nigeria information about 9,000 new circumstances of end-stage kidney failure each month, explaining that hypertension and diabetes might progressively injury the kidneys, notably when sufferers stay undiagnosed or fail to handle the situations adequately.
High blood strain can injury the blood vessels within the kidneys, lowering their potential to filter waste from the blood successfully. Diabetes also can injury the kidney’s filtering items when blood sugar ranges stay elevated over time.
Ugwuanyi urged Nigerians to test their blood strain and blood sugar ranges often, stressing that early detection and applicable administration might assist scale back the danger of great issues.
He additionally cautioned towards the indiscriminate use of painkillers, notably non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine akin to ibuprofen, indomethacin and naproxen, warning that inappropriate use might hurt the kidneys, particularly in individuals with present kidney issues or different threat elements.
The neurosurgeon suggested Nigerians towards self-medication, urging these with persistent signs or identified power situations to hunt skilled medical consideration and observe prescribed therapy.
He additional known as for more healthy existence and early medical intervention to cut back the danger of kidney issues.
He mentioned the hospital had put in seven dialysis machines to help critically ailing sufferers who develop kidney issues throughout extreme sickness or after surgical procedure, alongside different specialist providers offered by collaborations with healthcare professionals.
The CMD mentioned that the hospital has attended to 9,457 sufferers and carried out 4,657 surgical procedures in 15 years of offering specialised neurological and neurosurgical providers within the nation.
He mentioned the hospital, established in February 2011, was based to offer specialised therapy for issues affecting the mind, backbone and peripheral nerves. He defined that he and his colleague, Dr Jubril, established the ability after coaching at a specialist neurological and neurosurgical hospital in London, with the intention of bringing their experience again to Nigeria.
According to him, of the 4,657 surgical procedures carried out, 2,150 had been mind operations, whereas 2,307 concerned the backbone, with the rest masking different procedures.
The CMD mentioned the hospital had expanded its amenities and specialist providers to enhance entry to superior therapy domestically. He listed its diagnostic and therapy capabilities to incorporate MRI and CT scans, electroencephalography for epilepsy evaluation, intensive care, neurorehabilitation and 6 working suites.
Ugwuanyi mentioned the hospital was dedicated to affected person security, skilled coaching and collaboration with native and worldwide specialists, stressing that high quality healthcare required funding in trendy gear, dependable energy and expert personnel.
He disclosed that the ability had recorded 120 days of uninterrupted energy provide after switching to photo voltaic vitality, which he mentioned had lowered gear breakdowns and lowered working prices.
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