‘Kebbi Federal Teaching Hospital cured 500 cancer patients’

No fewer than 500 cancer patients have been treated, cured and discharged by the Federal Teaching Hospital, Birnin Kebbi. The Chief Medical Director, Dr Aliyu Hamza Balarabe, disclosed this after playing host to the Wife of Kebbi Governor, Nafisa Nasiru Idris, who used the hospital as a terminal during her Walk Away Cancer in the […]

No fewer than 500 cancer patients have been treated, cured and discharged by the Federal Teaching Hospital, Birnin Kebbi.

The Chief Medical Director, Dr Aliyu Hamza Balarabe, disclosed this after playing host to the Wife of Kebbi Governor, Nafisa Nasiru Idris, who used the hospital as a terminal during her Walk Away Cancer in the state capital.

The CMD, who spoke to journalists through the acting Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Dr Muhammad ‘Danyaro Rilwanu, said cancer is not a death sentence.

He said, “With early detection, the disease is curable and sufferers are healed. So far, the hospital has treated and discharged more than 500 people with cancer cases successfully.”

He added that as medical professionals, they always advise the public to report all suspected cases of cancer early to the hospital.

“Early detection facilitates treatment through appropriate prescription and application of drugs to patients by doctors,” he said.