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Heineken Africa Foundation (HAF) in collaboration
with Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB Plc) recently commissioned an upgraded neonatal
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 included an upgrade of plumbing facilities
to ensure availability of potable water in the unit.
The facility was also equipped with two Bubble
CPAP Machine Systems, one Neo puff F/P Resuscitator, 12 Phototherapy units, two
Pulse oximeters, eight baby incubators and four multi-parameter monitors.
Other new equipments are six infusion pumps, six
humidifiers continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Spares, one ISTAT Blood
Gas Machine and two weighing scales.
Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian
Breweries Plc, representing Johan Doyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer, NB Plc said 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.
Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director of
the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, represented by Professor Olufemi
Fasanmade thanked Heineken Africa Foundation and Nigerian Breweries Plc,
commending the donation.
“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) said 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.
