{"id":100281,"date":"2022-10-14T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100281"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:47:25","slug":"fg-to-provide-cancer-mgt-equipment-in-six-teaching-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/fg-to-provide-cancer-mgt-equipment-in-six-teaching-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"FG To Provide Cancer Mgt Equipment In Six Teaching Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Government says it will provide cancer equipment in six teaching hospitals to ensure proper treatment in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of State for Health, Mr Joseph Ekumankama, said this in Abuja at the cancer awareness summit with theme \u201cReducing the Scourge of Cancer in Nigeria through Early Detection and Treatment\u2019\u2019.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The summit was organized by the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the summit was timely as there was lot of demand for cancer treatment due to the increase in the cases.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Federal Government is doing much to make such that cancer equipment is installed in the six teaching hospitals that will give Nigerians adequate cancer treatment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to assure you that President Muhammadu Buhari is doing much to ensure that Nigerians are given adequate cancer treatment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cVery soon, we will be presenting a bill to the Federal Executive Council to make provision of cancer centres at various political zones so people will have easy access for cancer treatment,\u2019\u2019 Ekumankama said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the summit is right on time as it is coming in the October that is cancer awareness month.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the summit was also important due to the demand of radiographers both for radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said that according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nigeria needed a minimum of 3,000 radiotherapy and diagnostic radiography.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ekumankama said that however, the country currently had less than 1000 in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called on stakeholders to address the issues of lack of experts on cancer treatment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that the board was the first point of call for cancer treatment so they were very important in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof. Mark Okeji, Registrar of the board, said that according to the Global Cancer Observatory, Nigeria has one of the highest cancer mortality rates in the world with approximately four out of five cases resulting to death.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okeji said that the risk factors may not automatically precipitate it nor may increase its severity when present.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that examples of some of the risk factors include old age, family history of cancer, tobacco smoking, obesity, excessive alcoholic intake among others.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe know of the national Cancer Centre in Abuja, the various cancer registries across the country and many other interventions from private and NGOs cares for cancer patients.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTheir impacts are like a little drop of water in the ocean, yet to be felt by cancer patients because every cancer patient in Nigeria pays out of pocket,\u2019\u2019 Okeji said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okeji explained that the board, in the past four years, had embarked on conscious effort to increase the number of training departments in the 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