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 remedy to stop problems.
Ugwuanyi raised the priority at a press convention to mark the hospital’s fifteenth anniversary, the place he highlighted the risks of poorly managed continual illnesses and indiscriminate use of medicines.
He stated that Nigeria information about 9,000 new circumstances of end-stage kidney failure each month, explaining that hypertension and diabetes may progressively injury the kidneys, significantly when sufferers stay undiagnosed or fail to handle the circumstances adequately.
High blood stress can injury the blood vessels within the kidneys, lowering their potential to filter waste from the blood successfully. Diabetes can even injury the kidney’s filtering models when blood sugar ranges stay elevated over time.
Ugwuanyi urged Nigerians to examine their blood stress and blood sugar ranges usually, stressing that early detection and acceptable administration may assist cut back the danger of great problems.
He additionally cautioned towards the indiscriminate use of painkillers, significantly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication equivalent to ibuprofen, indomethacin and naproxen, warning that inappropriate use may hurt the kidneys, particularly in individuals with current kidney issues or different danger elements.
The neurosurgeon suggested Nigerians towards self-medication, urging these with persistent signs or recognized continual circumstances to hunt skilled medical consideration and observe prescribed remedy.
He additional referred to as for more healthy existence and early medical intervention to scale back the danger of kidney problems.
He stated the hospital had put in seven dialysis machines to assist critically in poor health sufferers who develop kidney issues throughout extreme sickness or after surgical procedure, alongside different specialist providers offered by means of collaborations with healthcare professionals.
The CMD stated 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 stated the hospital, established in February 2011, was based to offer specialised remedy for problems affecting the mind, backbone and peripheral nerves. He defined that he and his colleague, Dr Jubril, established the power 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 overlaying different procedures.
The CMD stated the hospital had expanded its services and specialist providers to enhance entry to superior remedy domestically. He listed its diagnostic and remedy capabilities to incorporate MRI and CT scans, electroencephalography for epilepsy evaluation, intensive care, neurorehabilitation and 6 working suites.
Ugwuanyi stated 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 power had recorded 120 days of uninterrupted energy provide after switching to photo voltaic vitality, which he stated had diminished gear breakdowns and lowered working prices.
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