• My 16-year-old son’s condition has deteriorated –Father• I’m frustrated by the delay —20-year-old breast cancer patientIn general, the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria has been a great source of frustration for sick people in desperate need of health care; but cancer patients seem to fare worse, as many hospitals keep postponing scheduled surgeries. According to her, the medical team in the hospital told her that her surgery had to be delayed because of the pandemic. Radiotherapy machine broke down“I’ve not been able to travel down to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu for the surgery. Oguru was referred from the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki in Ebonyi State after having undergone her surgery four times in one year. They account for less than 1 per cent of all breast tumours.

Source: Punch June 06, 2020 23:26 UTC