NGO Laments Heart Related Deaths

A nongovernmental organisation, Joe Nwiloh Heart Foundation lamented high rate of heart-related death in the country. The initiator of the foundation, Dr. Joe Nwiloh expressed this concern during a medical outreach programme he organised recently aimed at impacting knowledge on how to perform cardiovascular resuscitation( C RP) on victims of cardiac arrest. According to the World Health Organisation( WHO ), heart disease is the number one cause of death in the world and the second highest cause of death in Africa. The outreach programme held at the Igbobi Collegew as targeted at secondary school students, parents and medical personnel of secondary school. It had in attendance participants from the host college, Igbobi College Yaba; Methodist Girls High School, (MGHS) Lagos, CMS Grammar School Bariga, all in Lagos among others. Highlights of the one day event included teaching participants how to perform cardiovascular resuscitation on victims of heart seizure and failure, how to inculcate habits that prevents heart failure and practical demonstrations of how CRP is performed. Certificates of participation were also awarded to part awarded to participants and partners of the organisation. Participants including students, parents, teaching and medical staff of participating schools also took turns to practice how to perform CRP. During the pro gr am me,Nwil oh explained that students were targeted because it believed everybody needs the understanding of how to save the lives of family members and strangers alike when they suffer heart seizure.