WORRIED by the rising cases of cancer in the country, the President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Francis A. Faduyile has urged the federal government to include cancer control and treatment in services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. Faduyile who spoke yesterday in Benin in a paper titled: I am And Will Fight Cancer” at the World Cancer Day remarked that the inclusion of cancer patients in n NHIS will enable patients access cheap and affordable health care services in the country. He added that the ongoing renovation of cancer treatment facilities in tertiary centres in the country, such as the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, National Hospital, Abuja and the National Cancer Centre, Abuja were good initiatives as there is need to urgently raise the awareness on cancer prevention. Faduyile lamented that cancer deaths in Nigeria is still one of the worst in Africa, with an estimated 70, 327 cancer deaths in 2018. “What that implies is that, a specialist attention that is required across different specialty for nursing care, pharmacy care, radio oncology care, surgical oncology care, they domiciled around that place.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 04, 2019 17:11 UTC