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UCH Ibadan Opens Cerebro Vascular Accident Clinic For The Treatment Of Stroke Patients
March 7, 2017 – UCH Ibadan Opens Cerebro Vascular Accident Clinic For The Treatment Of Stroke Patients
UCH, University College Hospital Ibadan has officially opened a CVA (Cerebro-Vascular Accident) clinic for the treatment of stroke and stroke-related diseases.
Prof. Temitope Alonge, UCH Chief Medical Director, in Ibadan said that the clinic would operate in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital.
The CMD said the new stroke clinic would operate with a mixed blend of 40 doctors and 60 physiotherapists.
He said that a computed tomography (CT) scan machine was being dispatched to the clinic to aid the scanning of patients.
According to the UCH boss, patients will be charged fees to maintain efficiency at the stroke clinic.
“This special stroke clinic, which will serve people in Ibadan and South-West in general, will go a long way in assisting to reduce incident rate of stroke at the UCH,” he said
He said that stroke was a leading cause of death in UCH between 2014 and 2016.
“According to the latest Mortality Report and Statistics compiled by UCH for January to December 2014, a total of 1,915 deaths were recorded.
“Out of this number, stroke was 201, representing 10.5 per cent, while our Accident and Emergency Unit records not less than three stroke patients on admission daily,’’ Alonge said.
Alonge defined CVA, also referred to as stroke, as a situation when blood flow to a part of the brain is stopped either by a blockage or the rupture of a vessel.
“At times, it can lead to death with no apparent causes, other than a vascular origin,” he said.
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ade eagle
March 7, 2017 at 9:54 PM
I hope it is good enough for mr president
ade eagle
March 7, 2017 at 9:55 PM
good job
Big Bench
March 7, 2017 at 11:16 PM
I am pity to the persin weyris go there bicos they go give am more stoke on top the stroke weyris worry am. Na two stroke they want to cause.
Mon
March 8, 2017 at 1:02 AM
Good one,let the government endeavor to supply steady electricity,as without such,this kind machine will not be functioning well.