EYE care providers on the 30-year-old Guinness Eye Centre on the Lagos College Educating Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, have acquired a lift with a N161.3 million renovation by Guinness Nigeria PLC, as a part of its company social accountability.
On the commissioning of the renovated centre, which had handled about 72,000 circumstances, the board chairman, Guinness Nigeria PLC, Dr Omobola Johnson, stated the corporate recognised the significance of sustaining and enhancing the standard of healthcare providers offered by the centre, therefore the intensive renovation and provision of recent tools.
Dr Johnson declared, “It’s our dedication to assist the Nigerian folks past what we do as a brewing firm.
“It’s a testomony to our company social accountability, what we prefer to see, what we love to do, and serving to the group that has helped us to achieve success. We anticipate that the Federal Authorities will do its half to assist LUTH in sustaining the ability.”
The in-coming MD/CEO of Guinness Nigeria PLC, Mr Adebayo Alli, stated the corporate realised the significance of eye well being and is dedicated to supporting well being amenities to deliver glorious and reasonably priced healthcare to Nigerians.
Mr Alli, whereas assuring the hospital administration of continued assist from Guinness Nigeria PLC, stated the N5 million annual grant to the hospital will proceed and requested that the hospital additionally preserve and hold the ability in good situation.
“Collectively, we are able to discover what the subsequent frontier could possibly be by way of eye care. We are going to associate with LUTH and see how we are able to take this throughout the nation, touching lives yearly.
“The Guinness Eye Centre can also be a analysis centre; our prayer is that we get extra folks internationally to return into the centre and discover remedy. It will likely be good for Nigeria to be the centre for eye surgical procedure in Africa, and we will likely be more than pleased to return in and help in no matter approach we are able to to make {that a} actuality. The driving pressure is just giving again to society,” Alli defined.
The Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo, in his response, emphasised that the availability of high quality well being providers is past the capability of the federal government.
“Authorities alone, even in developed nations, can’t totally fund healthcare. I, subsequently, attraction to all well-meaning Nigerians, company our bodies and multinational corporations to emulate Guinness Nigeria PLC and in addition lengthen their company social accountability to us as an establishment,” he pleaded.
The Guinness Eye Centre in LUTH is considered one of three amenities constructed and donated by Guinness Nigeria PLC to supply high-quality eye care providers to Nigerians, in addition to its capability to coach eye care professionals.
Out there information signifies that there’s a excessive prevalence of blindness and extreme visible impairment amongst Nigerians over 40 years previous. Vital variations exist between the geopolitical zones, and consultants have suggested that emphasis needs to be positioned on making certain eye providers throughout Nigeria, which signifies that planning on the regional stage is critical.