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(R-L): Mrs Christiana Odiazikwor, Public Relations Officer,
NAFDAC and representative of the Director General, NAFDAC; Kufre Ekanem,
Corporate Affairs Adviser, NB Plc; Professor Chinyere Ezeaka, Head,
Neonatology, LUTH and President, Nigerian Society of Neonatal Medicine
(NISOMN); Honorable Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, Member, Federal House of
Representatives, Mushin II Constituency, Lagos and Professor Olufemi Fasanmade,
Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee and representative of Chief Medical
Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, at the donation of the
multi million Naira Neonatal equipment by the Heineken Africa Foundation and
Nigerian Breweries Plc to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH on
recently.
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Heineken Africa Foundation (HAF) in collaboration with
Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB Plc) on Thursday, July 13, 2017, commissioned an
upgraded neo natal ward at the Lagos University Teaching hospital, LUTH.
The project involved a physical and infrastructural upgrade
of electrical installations to modern versions as well as a provision of piped
oxygen and air to the neonatal unit complex. It also involved an upgrade of
plumbing facilities to ensure availability of potable water in the unit.
The facility was also equipped with 2 Bubble CPAP Machine
Systems, 1 Neo Puff F/P Resuscitator, 12 Phototherapy units, 2 Pulse Oximeters,
8 baby incubators and 4 Multiparameter monitors, 6 infusion pumps, 6
Humidifiers continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Spares, 1 ISTAT Blood
Gas Machine and two weighing scales.
Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries
Plc, representing Johan Doyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer,
Nigerian Breweries Plc revealed that the Heineken Africa Foundation partners
with Heineken Operating Companies like Nigerian Breweries Plc, in Africa to
execute projects in communities identified with health and water challenges.
“The Heineken Africa Foundation was established to support
projects that improve healthcare and water supply for communities in
Sub-Saharan Africa where access to basic healthcare and clean water poses a
challenge,” Ekanem said.
Ekanem further stressed that the donation is in line with
Nigerian Breweries philosophy of winning with Nigeria. “As we win with Nigeria,
we want other sectors of the economy to win and have significant growth that
would positively affect the lives of the people,” he said.
Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director of the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, represented by Professor Olufemi Fasanmade
expressed his profound gratitude to Heineken Africa Foundation and Nigerian
Breweries Plc, commending the donation as phenomenal and comparable to none
embarked upon by any corporate organization in the country.
“Nigerian Breweries Plc and Heineken Africa Foundation has
brought succor to our aged infrastructures in LUTH which will save over 400 new
borns that come to us through referrals monthly,” he said.
Professor Chinyere Ezeaka, Head, Neo Natology, Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, LUTH and President, Nigerian Society of Neonatal
Medicine, NISONM, revealed that the facilities provided by HAF and NB will help
challenge the index record which placed Nigeria as the country with the highest
infant mortality rate in Africa and second highest infant mortality rate in the
world. She applauded their commitment to healthcare and called on other
organizations to take giant strides in the direction that the nation’s foremost
brewer and its mother company, Heineken, has set.
Other guests present at the commissioning ceremony included
Honourable Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, member, Federal House of Representatives,
Mushin II Constituency, Lagos, Mrs. Christiana Odiazikwor, Public Relations
Officer, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
who also represented the acting Director of NAFDAC as well as other professors
of medicine, doctors, nurses, students and other staff of the hospital.
Since its inception in 2007, the Heineken Africa Foundation
in collaboration with operating companies of Heineken in Africa has committed
over €7.2 million to support over 83 projects focused on health and water
across the African continent. In Nigeria, the collaboration between the
foundation and Nigerian Breweries has impacted Vesicovaginal fistula, autism,
accident and emergency care, among other medical specialties across Nigeria.
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