Ethiopia is to build national cardiac center at a cost of 40 million Euros on the premises of the black lion specialized hospital with financial assistance from the government of the Netherlands.
In recent times, high government officials had laid the corner stone for the construction of the National Cardiac Center in Ethiopia. According to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Amir Aman, the construction of the center comprising seven-storey building will be completed in the coming two years. He also stated that the center will have state of the art facilities that can provide treatment for people with heart problems. Above and beyond, the cardiac center will render services free of charge for the needy people.
As learnt from a range of reports, heart disease is turning out to be one of the major non communicable diseases affecting Ethiopians living across the country. Despondently, owing to shortage of specialized cardiac hospitals, the treatment is not accessible for quite a lot of people at their disposal. Of course, the center is expected to get to the bottom of the problem down the road.
Likewise, Dr. Amir highlighted the fact that the Ministry of Health is working on multiple projects under the Black Lion Specialized Hospital with a view to provide treatment for major non-communicable diseases such as cancer and kidney problems. Besides, parallel to the construction of the cardiac center, health professionals will be showered with a wide spectrum of trainings.
The changing trend of cardiovascular disease and its clinical characteristics in Ethiopia: hospital based observational study of 2017 stated that although infectious diseases are still the leading causes of morbidity and hospital admission in developing countries like Ethiopia, in recent decades there has been significant epidemiological transition to non-communicable diseases.
“The clinical pattern of the diseases and the shifts need to be characterized. CVDs are responsible for the majority of morbidity and mortality among NCDs in Ethiopia. Despite the rise of NCDs, the country’s full attention was in combating the communicable diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria,” said researchers.
The researchers were from the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Herald May 04/ 2011
BY MUSSA MUHAMMED
