Date: Thursday, March 14,
2013
Venue: Congress Hall Transcorp
Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Time 5 pm.
Aim: To build a
Cardiac Specialist Hospital that will offer free surgery services for children
from 1-12 years while adult patients will be highly
subsidized.
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Kanu Heart Foundation has carried
out 452 open-heart surgeries since inception in 2000.
•
Capital flight involved is
much.
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Federal government of Nigeria has
given the Kanu Heart Foundation a piece of land in Abuja for the project.
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The Cardiac Specialist
Hospital is a 40 beded Hospital with State of the Artificialities.
Nwankwo Kanu Former Super Eagles captain said the
construction of the centre would facilitate the dream of its 13-year-old
foundation of treating more children having heart-related problems within the
country.
It is hoped that the diner will raise enough money to
commence the construction of a specialist cardiac hospital in Nigeria.
Kanu has stated that President Good- luck has
graciously accepted to be Special Guest of Honour at the fund raising event,
while calling on well- meaning Nigerians, corporate bodies and multinationals
to be part of the laudable project.
According to the Coordinator/Trustee of Kanu Heart
Foundation, Onyebuchi Abia, when in full operation, the centre would save an
average of 250 children and 100 adults heart patients in a one-year through the
free surgery initiative of the foundation. Heart patients between the ages of
0-12 will also receive free surgery treatment, while patients above 12 years
old will be treated at a highly subsidized fee.
It would also save this nation about $5million
annually and reduce capital flight.”
Kanu added: “The truth is that we have done 452 in
all. We started from UK and it was quite expensive. On one child we have to
spend between 15,000 and 20,000 pounds sterling and we are talking about the
cost of operation alone. “We are not talking about flight, accommodation and
feeding.
We were forced to seek alternative in Israel where it
is less expensive and we are able to touch more kids. All the same it is still
expensive.”
He said he was touched by the plight of parents and children in
the country who do not have the advantage that he has, hence his desire to
bring smiles on the lips of more victims of heart-related ailments.
There is an opportunity to make donations online or to
KHF directly
Please log on to http://kanuheartfoundationng.com/
Cardiac Centre website: http://www.kanuheartfoundation.org/
THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY:
VIVACITY PR, BRILLA FM
,
NAIJA FM
, CLASSIC FM, AERO CONTRACTOR, ECOBANK,
DIAMOND BAN, K
KIA MOTORS
, THE
NATION NEWSPAPER
, COMPLETE SPORTS
, ABC TRANSPORT
, MASTERS SPORTS
, 1960 BET.
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