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Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and “irreversible” heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican on Monday.
A private medical practitioner in Bauchi state, Dr Hassan Garba has advised residents to seek shaded areas, use hand fans, and stay cool to prevent heat strokes during the hot weather.
The Head of the Stroke Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Kolawole Wahab, has warned that the high burden of stroke in Nigeria was taking an epidemic proportion.
A Neurologist at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Olaleye Adeniji, has advised stroke patients
to always seek psychological support and counselling, rather than suffer in silence.
Prof. Kolawole Wahab of the Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has postulated that about six indigenous Africans develop new strokes every minute of every hour.