A professor of hematology and consultant hematologist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof Halim Daye, has advised students and Nigerians to undergo regular blood screening in order to live a long life.
He stated this during the university’s 159th inaugural lecture tagged: “We should pay more attention to our blood or else.”
Halim bemoaned nonchalant attitude of some Nigerians, saying: “Many Nigerians are concerned about their outward appearance. They don’t care about what flows in their system. Many persons do not even know their blood group. Sad, some persons get married these days without Blood testing thereby endangering the lives of their children.”
He said that regular blood screening will save people from contracting many diseases.
Daye added that many blood related diseases can be managed, if detected early, advising people to undergo a full blood screening test in, at least, in six months.
While calling for the provision of infrastructure to run blood test in health centres nationwide, he pleaded with relevant authorities to invest in the training of hematologist.
He also called on the government to declare a state of emergency on Hepatitis B Virus, saying that the disease is “40 times more infectious than HIV/AIDS and affects one in every four Nigerians.”
He advised the media and non-governmental agencies to enlighten the people on the need to undergo regular blood test.
Prof Faraday Orumwense, the vice-chancellor of the university, who chaired the lecture, said the recommendations will be submitted to the appropriate quarters, calling on the audience to spread the message far and wide.
UWOGHIREN 300l, Medicine and Surgery, wrote from UNIBEN
Source: dailytrust
He stated this during the university’s 159th inaugural lecture tagged: “We should pay more attention to our blood or else.”
Halim bemoaned nonchalant attitude of some Nigerians, saying: “Many Nigerians are concerned about their outward appearance. They don’t care about what flows in their system. Many persons do not even know their blood group. Sad, some persons get married these days without Blood testing thereby endangering the lives of their children.”
He said that regular blood screening will save people from contracting many diseases.
Daye added that many blood related diseases can be managed, if detected early, advising people to undergo a full blood screening test in, at least, in six months.
While calling for the provision of infrastructure to run blood test in health centres nationwide, he pleaded with relevant authorities to invest in the training of hematologist.
He also called on the government to declare a state of emergency on Hepatitis B Virus, saying that the disease is “40 times more infectious than HIV/AIDS and affects one in every four Nigerians.”
He advised the media and non-governmental agencies to enlighten the people on the need to undergo regular blood test.
Prof Faraday Orumwense, the vice-chancellor of the university, who chaired the lecture, said the recommendations will be submitted to the appropriate quarters, calling on the audience to spread the message far and wide.
UWOGHIREN 300l, Medicine and Surgery, wrote from UNIBEN
Source: dailytrust
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