(12PressRelease.com) Succour is on the way for cancer patients in Nigeria as Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG), South Asia's largest cancer care network will this week storm Nigeria to partner with Nigeria healthcare practitioners on advanced cancer care.
HCG has in the last five years defined the future of cancer care in India by designing, building and managing cancer centres all over India, with 20 oncology centres and now spreading to Africa.
In a press statement, the representative of HCG in Nigeria, Dr. Wale Alabi of Global Resources & Project West Africa, said the group plans to help transform cancer care environment in Nigeria and has concluded plans to bring in core clinical services to one central place at a time.
According to Alabi, the HCG will launch its first clinic in Lagos this August.
Also, the Chairman of HCG, one of India's authority in radio and medical oncology, Dr. Ajai Kumar, will be visiting Nigeria this month.
Alabi, who is also the Chief Executive of Global Resources and Project, said the cancer experts are ready to collaborate with stakeholders both in private and public sectors.
Explaining the rationale behind their coming to Nigeria, he said following their activities in India, it was observed that most Nigerian patients treated in India always go there late.
We noticed the inconsistent quality of care given to oncology patients in Nigeria. Currently, investigations by the group showed that there are inadequate regulations, lack of clinical experience and expertise and very few oncologists in Nigeria.
There is also lack of awareness and late presentation of cases. "We are ready to share our clinical experience, expertise on management of cancers. We want to also help in providing affordable treatment opportunities in the country. We will also be providing oncology training nationwide and build capacity of local health care professionals," he said.
HCG is a reference centre in Asia with over six cyberknife roboticradiosurgery systems. Cyberknife is the first and only robotic radio-surgery system designed to treat tumours anywhere in the body, including the brain, spine, lung, liver, pancreas and prostate.