[size=20pt]Going by the plans of US-based medical groups and institutions, the days of medical tourism abroad for Nigerians may be coming to an end, LEADERSHIP's correspondent in New York reports.

Specifically, US-based Nigerian doctors are working with other professional groups in the United States, including the American College of Cardiology and the Association of Black Cardiologists in the US to ensure sustainable cardiovascular care in Nigeria, among other medical issues that propel Nigerians to travel abroad for treatment.

Dr. Ola Akinboboye who is the President of the Association of Black Cardiologists in the US who briefed the press yesterday in New York on such efforts, also commended the recent successful conduct of an open heart surgery at the University College Hospital, UCH Ibadan.

According to him the association he leads, and the board of the American College of Cardiology are supportive of the development at UCH, and working to ensure its sustainability not only in Ibadan and Enugu, but at several centers in the country.

Akinboboye, a New York-based awarding winning cardiologist, who was also recently named the Top Nigerian-American doctor by the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN, noted that “we have to put an end to the current practice of medical tourism for advanced cardiovascular care and make such services available at reasonable cost to our people in Nigeria.”

In order to achieve that Akinboboye, who himself graduated from UCH noted that “the next frontier is to make these services available on regular basis through skill transfer to cardiovascular surgeons that are based in Nigeria so that we can have advanced cardiovascular care provided by Nigerians for Nigerians.”

He said given the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases in the country “we need many more cardiovascular surgery centers,” disclosing that there is currently a plan that he and other national and international medical experts are engaged with for another such specialist center in Lagos.

According to him, “I am personally involved currently in the development of advanced cardiovascular services, including cardiovascular surgery, interventional cardiology advanced cardiovascular imaging and electrophysiology at the Gbagada cardio-renal center in Lagos,” under a PPP arrangement including the experts and the Lagos State government.

Akinboboye who is also the representative for Africa on the International Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology, “this fully-equipped, state of the art facility that was built by Lagos State Government will provide the full spectrum of advanced cardiovascular care and should be operational by the end of this year.”

Congratulating the UCH team he said the news of a successful open heart surgery is a great development.
Said he: I congratulate the chief medical director Professor Temitope Alonge, Dr. Davies, Dr Adeleke, and the entire UCH community on this achievement. I am very pleased on multiple fronts, first as an alumnus of the College and past president of Ibadan College of Medicine alumni association in the Americas.

Akinboboye added that “as the National President of the Association of Black Cardiologists in the United States and, I can state categorically that the American College of Cardiology and the Association of Black Cardiologists are very supportive of the development of these programs at UCH and Gbagada and will collaborate with them to foster their growth.”

The UCH Cardiac Intensive Care, according to the CMD, is a "full cardiac programme with cardiac catheterization of eight adult patients who suffered coronary heart diseases and cardiomyopathies," in June.

Also this month, two open heart surgeries, Miral Valve Replacement, were carried out in a 19-year-old boy and closure of a large atrial septal defect (2.2cm in diameter) in a 10-year old girl.

It is believed that open heart surgery had been performed at the UNTH, Enugu, in 1975 and UCH in 1978 while in 2006, a medical mission from the USA performed some open heart surgeries in collaboration with UCH. Akinboboye disclosed that going forward these would become a sustainable practice in the country.[/size]

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[size=20pt]ASUU, Stop deceiving yourselves. God is watching!

...WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS

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Please, is Skelewu an ordinary Song or a dance song? I'm asking because i see no main dance in the two videos, the dance are different excepting that 'one hand to the back and the other to the front' and it wasn't even danced often times for people to know thats the dance.
I think someone got me right

#Oghene! This is serious.
What must have caused this? Thank God it has been taken care of

Mynd_44: Thank God I did not download it. I saw it on my bro's phone and I think the dude wasted his money

LOL

wrench:
don't u think it's disrespectful to shake an elderly person? What i do is give them my back to pat. I politely tell them "Ah Sir na ur pikin i be oo" and then bend for them to pat my back.

It's not disrespectful when an Old man first of all raises hand to shake you. You'll just bend and place your left hand on the right and then shake him.
Is like you don't really agree with someone. You feels urs is the right one and it's not good bro

Even if he got his money, the fans likeness is going down. Thats what it means.
OLUWA LO NI sha

Na Wah, Just 5 and half Matches

You See? Follow Grown up people and you'll know how to move with life. Small boy of yesterday thinks he can move on his own negleting Mr Welington a.k.a Banky W because he has talent. Had it been Banky W was there, i think there would have been an increase. WIZZY TRY ABEG, I LIKE YOU

Don't worry bro, Oluwa is involved

derespect: What year is he celebrating? When was he born and how old is he?

28 years (October 18, 1985)

When you hear the kick…
Excuse me peeps! It’s Wande Coal’s BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

Yes. He is a year older today making him 28 and here’s wishing him a happyyyyyyyyyyyy birthday.

Feel free to celebrate with the ‘Rotate’ crooner by dropping your birthday wishes in the comment box.

Happy 28th Birthday Wande Coal

Why He nor use Clarence A. Peters for the Video na

This is good especially that number 4

Hmm

Abeg o, #Peace

Wow, This is good

What are State Government doing to secure the lives of students? Oh God

All these evil boys killing innocent souls and destroying properties should stop this act na. What will you gain if you kill someone?

"My Oga At The Top"

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Hmmm

I Suspect those Earrings for 'something' nice pics though

What a Happy Family with lovely smiles

But Naija Fine Na

Chai, this Hacker get luck. Had it been na Obafaiye Shem a.k.a Oga At The Top, him for see pepper. Anyways Oga can now resite their website, kudoz to the Hacker.

Tolexander: well done, oga at the top!

I can see you really know and protect your website!

Hi Bro, that's not Oga At The Top, His name is Obafaiye Shem. That's a new guy

AKPOS IS BACK*

TEACHER: Why didn't you study?
AKPOS: A year has 365 days for you to study. After taking away 52 Sundays, there are only 313 days left. There are 50 days in the summer that is way too hot to work so there are only 263 days left. We sleep 8 hours a day, in a year, that counts up to 122 days so now we're left with 141 days. If we fooled around for only 1 hour a day, 15 days are gone, so we are left with 126 days. We spend 2 hours eating each day, 30 days are used in this way in the year, and we are left with 96 days in our year. We spend 1 hour a day speaking to friends and family, that takes away 15 days more and we are left with 81 days. Exams and tests take up at least 35 days in your year; hence you are only left with 46 days. Taking off approximately 40 days of holidays, you are only left with 6 days. Say you are sick for a minimum of 3 days; you're left with 3 days in the year to study! Let's say you only go out for 2 days...You're left with 1 day. But that 1 day is your birthday.
That's why I did not study sir.

When GEJ was telling you people that ASUU Strike is Politicized you didn't believe... Now you know

Now i know ASUU is politcized. From N97b to N130b and now N3trillion. Maybe they have planned with GEJ's enemies and they are doing this to spoil Jonathan's Government and also making students to be frustrated. This is not good... Stop it.
PEOPLE WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH WON'T MAKE STUPID INSINUATIONS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT.

alienware: It was all over the news yesterday that the star actor jim iyke was delivered from demonic oppression, which has prevented the guy from loving a particular woman and committing fully to any relationship. According to eyewitness and video's posted on youtube .The demon in him said " i don't want him to get married" ask yourself, is there anything special about getting married ? Was jesus christ married when he was on planet earth ? Christ was about 42 years when he was cruxified, yet he remained single.

Hey, what are you insinuating?
We all know Jim Iyke is a lover boy and he would like to get married but the evil spirit that was in him was fighting against that. If Jim Iyke isn't interested in getting married why did he go for deliverance. Can't you see what's happening? Or are you saying the Prophet is fake again
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Oh i see, because Jim Iyke is Unpleasantly rough, Cruel and jarring to the senses that makes you think so? Not Every bad attitude is an evil spirit, Note this

Ezemarcel: My brother u have done well by starting up this but what we need is offline protest

nor be small bro, frustration wan kill person

Fellow Students, Post your views and explore your thoughts about the strike. Our voices must be heared today. Lets see if ASUU and Federal Gov't won't call for discussion after this protest even if it's politicized or not. Use any Means that you know that can draw their attention, even if it's designing images, all is for the protest. Let it begin!