Kano
state government will set up a Specialized Treatment Center in one of
its hospitals for the routine screening and treatment if deafness in
order to reduce the prevalence of hearing impairment in the state.
The
state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje announced this during the
launch of health interventions on Deafness, Diabetes, and Lymphatic
Filariasis, donation of Glucometers and free drugs to 200 diabetic
children and donation of crutches to persons with special needs.
At
the occasion, which also featured donation of wheel chairs to 29 health
facilities in the state and presentation of motorcycles to focal
persons in charge of implementing the government’s Neglected Tropical
Diseases Control Programme, the governor stated already, 146 people with
hearing challenge have been screened by specialists to ascertain their
eligibility for hearing restoration treatment.
The
treatment, he stated, would include Cochlear Implant Surgery or
provision of hearing aids, explaining that this and other interventions
in the health sector, by his administration, are aimed at improving the
health status of the people, especially the poor who cannot afford the
cost of treatment.
Governor
Ganduje further stated that the government is looking at the
possibility of setting up a specialized Center equipped with facilities,
to carry out open heart surgeries, adding that the government recently
sponsored three children to undergo heart surgery at Garki Hospital,
Abuja. He assured that the government would continue supporting children
born with congenital heart diseases.
The
governor revealed that six health facilities in the state have been
designated as centers to provide primary eye care services across the
state, adding that the centers would be provided with basic
ophthalmology equipment and personnel to enable them perform well.
“Presently,
we have embarked on upgrade of equipment in some facilities in the
state with a view to providing qualitative care to our teeming
population. Additionally, we intend to upgrade some existing facilities
in the state in line with provisions of the national health policy”,
governor Ganduje asserted.
The
state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim Getso explained that
the move is part of deliberate attempt to bring succor to the less
privileged, especially in the rural areas, who find it difficult to
afford the cost of treatment of life-threatening diseases.
Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, mni, FNGE
Director General,
Media and Communications,
to the Exec. Gov. of Kano state,
23/9/2015
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