Reddington healthcare group unveils second cardiology centre in Lagos
The Reddington Healthcare Group has announced the opening of Grays Cardiology Centre, a full-fledged Cardiology Centre in Ikeja, Lagos, and the second in the entire country.
According to the group, the objective of the centre is to improve patients’ chances of healthy survival, bettering the quality of their care, and giving more people the tools and education they need to prevent cardiovascular disease in themselves and their loved ones in an ethical and affordable manner.
Adeyemi Onabowale the CEO of Reddington Hospital speaking on the centre inaugurated said, the Reddington group has always been the pioneer in cardiovascular care in the country.
The first digital Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography Suite (among many other first) in Nigeria was launched by Reddington Hospital in 2009.
The Suite’s state-of-the-art equipment allowed many pioneering firsts in Nigeria, saving hundreds of life that otherwise would have been lost. Out of this deep understanding of cardiovascular diseases and its passion to set high standards in the medical industry, came the need to create a centre of excellence that will cut across multidisciplinary services, which has now birth the Grays Cardiology Centre.
The Grays Cardiology Centre is launched in collaboration with a team of indigenous cardiology experts, Professors of cardiology, and a USA-based cardiology group.
The Grays Cardiology Centre will offer services covering non-invasive and interventional procedures, heart diagnostic procedures, cardiac rehabilitation, intensive coronary care, telementry services, heart care education, amongst others,
The Grays Cardiology Center was launched on the 5th of May, and was well attended by stakeholders in the medical and heart care community.
Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of State for Health, said the Grays Cardiology centre is a welcome development in country.
“Grays Cardiology Centre sets the bar higher, in that it goes beyond the routine, to bring state-of-the art diagnostic and intervention capacity to Nigeria. We are proud that services that would have been found only in the top hospitals of technologically advanced countries, can be rendered right here, in the country, without need for passport, visa, airfare or other hurdles and expenses,” Ehanire said.
Speaking at the event also, Soe Moe Aung the medical director of the new Centre, gave his assurance that the latest medical technology in cardiology will be used to provide the expertise to ensure that all patients receive world-class medical care.
Other special guest to the commissioning of the Centre was Akinyanju, the Chairman of the Sickle Cell Foundation, Eckhart Diestel a Consultant
Cardiologist from Germany, Demola Abiose, an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College, USA, and many others.
The Reddington Hospital many breakthroughs in healthcare in Nigeria including the first digital cardiac catheterization facility in Nigeria, the first angioplasty and stent operation to be performed in Nigeria, the first closure of a hole in the heart in a child using non-surgical modern technology.
Anthonia Obokoh