100 undergo free breast cancer surgery in Ogun

No fewer than 100 people have benefited from the free breast surgeries sponsored by the Ogun State government.

The breakdown showed that more than 80 people have undergone breast cancer surgeries free of charge at the Onabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu; while more than 20 have enjoyed free mammogram.

Flagging off the exercise at the University Teaching Hospital, the Wife of the Governor of Ogun State and President of the UPLIFT Development Foundation, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun the state government is fulfilling its promise to women who had early benefited from the free Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening early this month by paying their surgery bills as a means of reducing maternal mortality rate in the state.

The governor’s wife explained that lumps removed from the breast of the beneficiaries would be taken to the laboratory for examination to know if the specimens were cancerous or not so that they could be referred upward for further treatment, advising women to embrace self-breast examination and go for regular medical check-up to know their health status in order to stay healthy and reduce health risk.

The Nation, October 22

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