Adamawa, firm inaugurate breast cancer screening centre

To enhance the early detection and treatment of cancer cases, especially breast cancer, TotalEnergies, in collaboration with the Adamawa State government, has commissioned a mammography centre at Garkida General Hospital. 
  
The facility would facilitate early detection of breast and other forms of cancer, reduce fatality risk, and mitigate the gaps in access to qualitative healthcare.
   

In his remarks the Commissioner for Health, Felix Tangwami, who commended TotalEnergies for the project, expressed joy that the facility came at a time when the state was conducting cancer screening at various hospitals.
   
He added that the state had already screened 1,972 patients, out of which 165 were confirmed to have cancer.
 
“I want to congratulate the people of Adamawa State and thank the donors of this edifice because it is a wonderful centre. You know cancer is a terrible disease that causes a lot of pain and death because when it reaches a certain stage, nobody will survive it,” the commissioner said.