August 28, 2026
Cancer cells
The Federal Government has said cancer patients should not be sent home when they still require hospital-based care, emphasising that treatment should continue even when cure is no longer possible.
Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP), Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said this in an interview with Newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
Nwokwu said the inability of a health facility to provide further curative treatment should not automatically result in a patient being discharged without arrangements for continued care at another appropriate facility.
