{"id":397277,"date":"2017-07-01T08:29:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T08:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/tiotes-death-a-wake-up-call-nwankwo-kanu\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T08:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T08:29:35","slug":"tiotes-death-a-wake-up-call-nwankwo-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/tiotes-death-a-wake-up-call-nwankwo-kanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiote&#8217;s death a wake up call &#8211; Nwankwo Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 30 June 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>bbc.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-06-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/80981826.jpg\" alt=\"Nwankwo Kanu Blamed\" title=\"Nwankwo Kanu Blamed\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo wants to build specialist cardiac hospitals around Africa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1498897775_811_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu says the recent death of Ivory Coast&#8217;s Cheick Tiote should be a wake up call to act over heart problems in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Tiote, who was 30, died earlier this month after collapsing as he trained his Chinese club Beijing Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu battled heart problems during his career says it is time to address heart related problems on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m talking to friends so we can do something to create awareness to try to help children in Africa,&#8221; Kanu said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tiote&#8217;s death was not good news. It&#8217;s not the first time it is happening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We lost Marc-Vivien Foe. He died and nothing was done. Tiote is gone and nothing is being done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kanu was sidelined for nine months just after winning Olympic gold in 1996 when doctors at his Italian club Inter Milan&#8217;s found a heart defect.<\/p>\n<p>He was allowed to resume his career after a successful operation in Ohio in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal striker had further heart surgery in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old, who also played for Ajax Amsterdam and Portsmouth, is planning to build a $17 million dollar cardiac hospital in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He also wants to build similar hospitals in east, north and southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One man can not do everything. What happened to Tiote is a lesson to us all. We can&#8217;t let it go on like this,&#8221; Kanu told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should talk more about it, information needs to get out there because the problem is huge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our dream is to build a hospital in Nigeria and four other countries in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The funds have been the issue but if we can make it happen it&#8217;s going to help a lot because right now we are taking the kids to India and it cost a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far the Kanu Heart Foundation has facilitated 538 successful operations in England, India, Nigeria and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation office in Lagos, Nigeria receives eight to ten calls everyday from people seeking help to treat heart related problems.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos University student, Enitan Adesola is one of the very first beneficiaries of the help offered by Kanu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to thank him very much for taking a big decision to help me because you can&#8217;t just not know someone and try to help that person,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been like a father to me, like a mother, he&#8217;s just been great to me. 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