The families of former Aviation Minister, former Federal Road Safety Corp Marshal, Chief Osita Chidoka and House of Representatives member for Idemili North and South, Mr Obinna Chidoka have sponsored a healthcare outreach and intervention program for the masses in Anambra State. This is in memory of their mother, Late Ma Victoria Nneka Chidoka who died after a long battle with breast cancer.
The exercise, tagged: “Nneka Chidoka Medical Outreach Program”, with the theme: “Building a healthy society” had areas of coverage as free medical care, eye care, blood sugar test, malaria test, physical fitness .Cancer awareness lecture also took place.
According to the former Federal Road Safety Corp Marshal, Osita Chidoka, whose late mom lived with cancer for close to 15 years despite all predictions, the period was used to “create awareness of the scourge of cancer which is affecting both young and old, educating people on the importance of going for early check and detection of cancer. Any form of cancer is treatable if detected early enough.”
“We also intend to continue treatment and chemotherapy for those diagnosed with cancer… It is a way of giving back to the society the much God has blessed us with.
“We partnered with several healthcare organizations to embark on this healthcare missions. The three days healthcare program commenced on May 9 at Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, then May 10 and 11 at Obosi, Idemili North LGA.
“We also went on road health walk, creating awareness on the need for health walk, body exercises and physical fitness, educating people on various ways to prevent certain ailments.
“We intended to screen and treat up to 200 women who are grappling with some ailments and may be finding it difficult to access healthcare in hospitals due to paucity of funds.
“No woman should die of cervical cancer because it has a vaccine and early detection of any form of cancer is also an advantage,” he said..
“Our mother suffered it for 15 years and that early detection and treatment made her to stay this long, even when the medical experts predicted that she would die within five years of detection,” Chidoka stated.
Speaking to newsmen on the programme, leader of the medical team, Dr. Chinonso Nwosu said that within the three-day programme, no fewer than 600 patients were tested and given drugs, including free eye glasses for eye patients, adding that the most disease commonly found on patients during the period was hypertension.
According to him, whateverq is realized from the burial will be committed to the treatment of cancer patients to support those suffering from the scourge.
