Vitafoam Equips Federal Neuropsychiatric Laboratory
A frontline manufacturer of foam and allied products, Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, has donated innovative mattresses to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Sleep Laboratory, Yaba, Lagos, as part of its corporate initiatives to boost government’s efforts aimed at creating conducive environment for treatment of psychiatric patients in the country. This exercise held in commemoration of the World Sleep Day 2018 at the Sleep Laboratory of the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. Speaking at Vitafoam’s celebration of this year’s World Sleep Day tagged: ‘Preserve Your Rhythm to Enjoy Life’, the company’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Taiwo Adeniyi, said that sound sleep would always aid memory, repair cells and enhance physical and psychological state of an individual.
“This year, beyond providing quality sleep products like mattress, pillows, duvet, bedsheets and beds to Nigerians, Vitafoam is giving back to the society by furnishing the first Government Sleep Laboratory at Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, with quality mattresses, pillows, beds, duvet and bedsheets, to enhance the sleeping conditions of people with sleep challenges.
The GMD, who was represented by the Technical and Development Director, Mr. Abaggana Abatcha, added that this year, Vitafoam created sleep corners in all their comfort centres in Lagos and provided sleep specialists to give free consultation to all their customers during the World Sleep Day. His word: “We are committed to producing quality and innovative products that will support sleep and we will continue to support World Sleep Day in creating sleep awareness to enable Nigerians achieve a good night’s sleep, so we can produce better leaders for our beloved country, Nigeria. We are confident that good sleep is an achievable dream with Vitafoam.” A sleep expert from the University of Toronto, Dr. Adeoye Adefemi, emphasised on the importance of quality sleep, adding that everyone should fix a bed time for sleep. And to achieve that, one has to avoid heavy spicy or sugary food and caffeine products four hours before bed time and always dim the light to sleep.
On the prevalence of mental health problems and its consequences, Adefemi said that most issues that make people break down mentally are traceable to sleep disorder.
“Other factors are lack of quality food and good exercise. Quality food is key among those three. Once that one is left out, health is at risk. Because, for mental health, sleep disorder is one of the first thing noticed in people who have metal health problem,” he listed. Reacting to Vitafoam’s donation of fully equipped sleep laboratory, the Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Oluyemi Cecilia, acknowledged the sleep laboratory as the first owned government laboratory in Nigeria and “It is something that is germane to us. We appreciate Vitafoam for helping us with it”.