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LUTH performs seven successful open heart surgeries – CMD


The Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH) Idi-Araba, said on Thursday in Lagos
that the “LUTH Cardiac Project” had so far
performed seven successful open heart
surgeries.
Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director
(CMD), said a team of Nigerian and Indian
experts carried out the surgeries on six
Nigerian children and one adult.
He said that the surgeries were carried out in
the past weeks under the LUTH Cardiac
Project established in 2014 in partnership with
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
According to the CMD, the institution intends
to carry out 100 open heart surgeries in 2017.
Bode said that the success of the project had
brought national pride to the country’s health
sector and would discourage medical tourism.
“Aside from national pride, it also makes
economic sense, by giving care to Nigerians in
our country and also by Nigerians.
“It is, however, the decision of the present
management to institutionalise cardiac surgery
and make it a routine in LUTH and we propose
to carry out 100 open heart surgeries by next
year.
“Open heart surgery is advanced and there
are no margins for error, so it requires
manpower. We need to build a lot of
capacities, equipment and funding,” he said.
The CMD also commended the NHIS that
supported the project by sponsoring some of
the patients that were operated upon.
Prof. Christy Okoromah, the Head of Pediatric
Cardiology Unit, said that heart problems were
caused by various factors, such as genetic,
environmental and maternal diseases.
Okoromah said that congenital defects such
as holes in the heart, abnormal connections
and a sundry of other birth defects could
cripple or kill if left uncorrected.
She said that adults may also suffer surgically
correctable heart conditions such as damage
to valves and a host of other conditions.
She said that the project would enable the
medical team in the country to build
capacities in their various fields by engaging
in such projects regularly.
“If our entire patients continue to go abroad
for surgery, then we will begin to lose our
skills.
“We hope that Nigerians in both private and
public sectors can join hands with LUTH to
support patients to have these surgeries down
here,” she said.
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