Lagos State government yesterday said it has completed an ultra-modern cardiac and renal centre at Gbagada area of Lagos.

The state commissioner for health, Dr Jide Idris, who disclosed this to newsmen said the effort is aimed at ensuring local management of cardio-vascular diseases like coronary heart disease as well as chronic kidney diseases.

He said the centre which is billed to be unveiled on Wednesday by the Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, is a 67-bed facility within the premises of the Gbagada General Hospital.

According to Idris, the idea behind building the centre stems from the need to stop the increasing spate of medical trips abroad, as well as building local capacity for ailments that should be treated locally but for lack of expertise and facilities to manage them.

He said, “The facility is designed to handle heart and kidney related diseases and 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 machines.

“Others are admission for all cardiac conditions that require hospital stay, critical care in intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency wards, cardiac catherisation, non-invasive cardiology, open heart surgery, renal surgery, nursing and diabetic services, rehabilitation services and corporate wellness programme.”

The commissioner emphasised that the state government through the Ministry of Health considers it appropriate and timely to have a befitting cardiac and renal centre due to the increasing number of patients presenting with end stage renal failure and coronary heart diseases.

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