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Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja, on Monday, Mr Egbujiobi said the lack of social amenities in the country is part of the contributing factors to the increasing rate of non-communicable disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, hypertension, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. “Half of the patients I treat even in the US are there to see me in emergency because of High blood pressure,” he said.He said if the problem of high blood pressure can be fixed, Nigeria will reduce mortality rate from the disease by 20 to 30 per cent.“The risk of kidney failure is also down. The risk of dying sudden death is reduced magnanimously,” he said.
“Simple exercise regularly done reduces both blood pressure and diabetes. The people stopping smoking, stopping alcohol, and illicit drug use will reduce the risk of diabetes. “These illness, high blood pressure, diabetes, tobacco use requires a conceptual of the nurse, the doctor, the pharmacist, the public health, the media, the federal government and local government in giving opportunity education in any language that everybody will understand.
“I have seen so many patients here who have never seen a doctor and a lot of them are in their fifties or something, that should never be the case.
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