The HASSY’S Haven Foundation a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) is set to partner Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria, Kaduna state to support vulnerable female Cancer patients.
The Chief Medical Director, ABUTH Shika, Kaduna State, Prof Ahmed Umdagas Hamidu made this known when he received the team of Hassy’s Haven Foundation on an advocacy visit in his office on Wednesday.
He said as a part of the efforts of the federal government, under the Cancer Health Fund (CHF) program where N1 million is deposited into the wallets of vulnerable cancer patients to support their treatments.
The CHF is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Health aimed at providing cancer treatment to indigent Nigerians and strengthening national cancer care.
He said the support which is basically for breast cervical and
prostate cancer patients as a way to complement their efforts to enquire adequate treatment.
“Before a breast, or cervical cancer patient can access the wallet, our social health workers will assess the vulnerability of such patient after which a team of medical experts will examine that eligibility.
“They will send it to me for approval and onward transfer to the Federal Ministry of Health who will then open and credit the intending beneficiary’s account with the non-withdrawable sum of N1 million for treatment.”
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He said despite FG efforts, some patients do not come for the treatment due to various constraints, highlighting the need for additional support
He said, some patients’ wallets have been credited but they are not coming for treatment because they don’t have money to bring themselves to the hospital.
The Direct also said the Federal government through the Federal Ministry of health recently created six cancer Centres across the country and luckily for us, ABUTH is one of them.
“We have a lot of versed experts in cancer treatment here and we are doing a lot to make the centre one of the best in terms of affordability and accessibility of quality services when completed,” noted.
Earlier in her remarks, during an advocacy visit to the CMD in Zaria, Founder of the of Hassy’s Haven Foundation, Hussaina Mohammed Yakubu, shared a deeply personal connection to the cause of supporting vulnerable Cancer patients.
She said, her sister’s eight-year battle with throat cancer, which ended her life in 2023, began at Shika.
