HealthPlus launches project to reduce heart diseases

To commemorate the World Heart Day 2017, HealthPlus Pharmacy has launched the Healthy Heart Check Service to lower the risk of developing heart disease in communities.

The service, which is one of its many value-adding services that offers to meet the health needs of the communities and environs in which it serve, is in partnership with RapidCheck Diagnosis & Wellness Limited, who have provided monitors for the use of the service.

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of premature death, with an estimated 436 males and 476 females out of every 100,000 die as a result of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Nigeria. However, these diseases can be prevented.

Founder/Chief Executive Officer, HealthPlus Limited, Mrs. Bukky George said, the organization is committed to helping people achieve optimum health and vitality, while delivering superior value to stakeholders, as its aims to be Africa’s #1 for pharmacy, wellness and beauty, adding that it has distinguished itself as the pharmacy of choice through the provision of high-quality healthcare products, which include medicines, nutritional supplements, natural and homeopathic remedies, home medical equipment, mobility aids and value-adding pharmacy services – rendered by certified and well-informed healthcare professionals, in a friendly and hygienic environment.