Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has continued to partner with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abuja in its Cardiac Surgery Mission to provide care to patients who could not afford the sensitive medical procedure.
In previous intervention and assistance by Julius Berger in June of this year, the company funded the cardiac surgical procedure for five patients mostly children whose ages ranged from 10 months, 18 months, and two years to 12 years.
According to a statement from the company, the financial expenditure per patient in the Julius Berger’s sponsored operations last June included hospital admission and investigations, operation consumables and anesthesia drugs, intensive care unit fee, and post-operation drugs.
The management of the Abuja FMC affirmed that the high cost for the surgical procedure per patient derived from the recent increase in the cost of cardiac surgery consumables.
For the second tranche of the Julius Berger sponsored cardiac surgical interventions to save children’s lives at the Federal Medical Centre Abuja, a list of seven children aged between 12 months, 15 months, 17 months, 18 months, 2 years, 4years, and 6 years with a diagnosis of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSD) has been made.
“Thus, there was the need for collaboration with Julius Berger to help the children with financial assistance to save and preserve their lives”, the statement read.
“We will like to use this opportunity to appreciate this partnership gesture (from Julius Berger Nigeria Plc), while we look forward to more partnerships and collaboration as we still have a large number of pediatric cases with heart conditions who cannot afford it.”
Also, the Chief Risk Officer of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Mustapha Shakira, said the company “places great premium on life and would remain proactive in its CSR initiatives, particularly to sustainably protect and preserve lives in our operational communities.”
“Children, we also recognize, are the future of our society. Therefore, within our sustainability policy at Julius Berger, we are privileged and feel honored to partner with the FMC to save the lives of the children.”
The Chief Risk Officer of Julius Berger Nigeria PlcMustapha Shakira said the company “places great premium on life and would remain proactive in its CSR initiatives, particularly to sustainably protect and preserve lives in our operational communities. Children, we also recognize, are the future of our society”.
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