Doctors Urge FG To Establish More Cancer Treatment Centres

The Association of Radiation Oncologists of Nigeria (ARCON) has called connected the national authorities to found much crab attraction centres crossed the state to curb the increasing prevalence of the disease.

President of ARCON, Dr Nwamaka Lasebikan, made the entreaty astatine the opening ceremonial of the association’s 8th Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting, held successful Port Harcourt yesterday.

The conference, themed, “Innovating Through Collaboration: Cultivating a Resilient Nigerian Oncology Ecosystem”, brought unneurotic aesculapian experts, crab survivors, and advocates.

Lasebikan said the constitution of further centres would amended entree to attraction and assistance successful reducing rising fig of crab cases and related deaths successful Nigeria.

“We indispensable rethink crab successful Nigeria. Our extremity is to physique a resilient, inclusive, and people-focused oncology ecosystem,” she said.

She besides urged accrued authorities backing to fortify the Cancer Health Fund (CHF), which presently provided enactment for breast, cervical, and prostrate cancers.

According to her, the programme lacks some consistency and capable sum to conscionable patients’ needs.

“Government indispensable re-engineer the backing exemplary and put successful hospitals wherever crab is treated, truthful patients tin entree attraction without fiscal distress.  Cancer attraction is costly globally, and Nigeria indispensable bash much to enactment patients,’” she stressed.

The ARCON president further called for the integration of science, policy, economics, and endeavor to execute sustainable outcomes successful the combat against cancer.

She added that authorities should perceive to survivors and those who advocated greater attraction to post-treatment attraction and intelligence wellness support.

She urged the authorities to found regulatory platforms and summation backing to grow entree to subsidised treatment.