In line with its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has in a compassionate intervention for the second time, partnered the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abuja for a cardiac surgery mission to provide care to patients who could not otherwise afford the sensitive medical procedure.
In an earlier intervention and assistance by Julius Berger in June of this year, the company funded the same cardiac surgical procedure for five patients; whose ages ranged from 10 months, 18 months, two years to 12 years.
Financial expenditure per patient in the Julius Berger sponsored operations last June included hospital admission and investigations, operation consumables and anaesthesia drugs, intensive care unit fee, and post-operation drugs.
For the second tranche of the Julius Berger sponsored cardiac surgical interventions to save children’s lives in the same hospital, a list of seven children aged 12 months, 15 months, 17 months, 18 months, two years, four years, and six years, with a diagnosis of perimembranous VSD has been made.
The FMC Abuja said the high cost for the surgical procedure per patient derives from the recent increase in the cost of cardiac surgery consumables.
Thus, there was the need for collaboration with Julius Berger to help the children with financial assistance to save and preserve their lives.
According the Management of the FMC, Abuja, “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.”
The Chief Risk Officer of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Mrs. 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 recognise, are the future of our society.
“Therefore, within our sustainability policy at Julius Berger, we are privileged and feel honoured to partner with the FMC to save the lives of the children.”