• Lists hypertension, diabetes as key threat elements
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
A advisor surgeon and Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Abuja, Dr. Ugochukwu Charles Ugwuanyi, has raised alarm that over 9,000 new circumstances of end-stage kidney failure are identified in Nigeria each month.
Speaking to journalists on 15 years of the hospital’s operations in Nigeria, Ugwuanyi mentioned the determine is rising and assuming epidemic proportion.
“In August 2026, there are 9,000 new circumstances of end-stage renal failure in Nigeria each month. 9,000. And the numbers are rising. So, it’s assuming an epidemic sample.
“And the question is, why is it so? Why is it so? And what is the solution? Because the solution is not in making noise on social media. It is to find out what the issues are and how you can help,” he mentioned.
He listed hypertension and diabetes as main causes of kidney failure in younger folks, lamenting poor health-seeking behaviour amongst Nigerians who hardly ever verify blood strain and blood sugar.
“Hypertension is one of the leading causes of kidney failure in young people. Two, diabetes. People don’t go about doing simple check of blood pressure or blood sugar. As a matter of fact, blood sugar, diabetes causes as much damage to kidneys as blood pressure itself,” he mentioned.
Ugwuanyi blamed altering way of life for surge, together with extreme alcohol consumption, late nights, consumption of frozen meals and indiscriminate use of medicines.
“Cast your mind back, how many of our parents suffered kidney failure? They don’t eat food that is not fresh. They are very close to nature. They don’t cook their food with microwave. Look at our lifestyle now, you drink excessively,” he famous.
He additionally spoke on significance of getting dialysis machine hooked up to Intensive Care Unit (ICU), saying ICU shouldn’t be full with out renal dialysis unit.
“ICU means intensive care, is a place where you support organs through difficult periods so that they will pick up and start functioning independently again,” he defined.
Wellington Hospital, which started operations in February 2011 in Abuja, has marked 15 years of service, with 9,450 sufferers seen and 4,657 surgical procedures carried out, based on Ugwuanyi.
Giving breakdown, he mentioned mind operations accounted for two,150 circumstances, representing 46 per cent, whereas backbone operations accounted for two,375 circumstances, about 51 per cent, protecting cervical, thoracic and lumbar sacral backbone.
He mentioned different procedures involving peripheral nerves, orthopaedics, cosmetic surgery, gynaecology, prostate and kidney surgical procedures, contributed minimally, displaying hospital has remained centered on its core mandate of neurology and neurosurgery.
While urging Nigerians to look inwards when searching for particular medical remedy, Ugwuanyi mentioned Wellington hospital is absolutely geared up with state-of-the-art medical services which might be present in different elements of the world.
He added that, “Aside trauma, accident, where there is paralyse and so forth. Well, only contributing 0.1 percent. Now, because we collaborate with other people, such as orthopedics, plastic surgery, gyne-prostrate, kidney surgeons and lately, we have counselors and all that. Well, you can see that all these grouped together just contributed 85 percent”
Ugwuanyi mentioned the hospital additionally collaborates with different specialties and now consists of counseling companies, stressing that trendy important care requires built-in assist for all failing organs.
