She said, “We have supported over 150 colorectal cancer patients and other cancer patients with colostomy bags and medical deliverables from 2016 till date. We have also offered support to over 100 cancer patients on palliative care since 2013.
“Since 2014, the NCCF has spent Christmas Day with cancer patients and the sick who are on admission in any of the tertiary hospitals in Lagos State. We aid them emotionally and psychologically as well as donating fresh fruits, vegetables and fresh local foods, toiletries and water to those on admission. We have reached over 1,011 patients with this.”
She also noted that she had used her jewel business to fight cancer, adding that her ‘The Jewel Against Cancer’ was approved and posted on World Cancer Day’s website, hosted by the Union for Cancer Control, Geneva.The Cancer Control Coordinator at the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Abosede Wellington, described colon cancer as a type of cancer that affects a part of the intestine, called the colon or large intestine.
Wellington added, “Some people don’t know they can have cancer of the intestines but this is real and it happens, and it is actually on the rise. One of the risk factors is diet. We used to eat a lot of local foods in the past. Now, we eat a lot of processed foods and these things increase the risk of developing colon cancer.”All rights reserved.
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