Launch of a Mammography Center by NNPC and TotalEnergies Upstream in Anambra State

The General Hospital, Onitsha, Anambra State, received a mammography center from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited, operator of OML 130, and partners when it was finished.

Patients will have access to efficient, technologically advanced screening through the mammography center, which will aid in the early discovery, treatment, and decrease in breast cancer fatality.

The center is powered by a 40KVA generator for a steady power supply and is fully equipped with cutting-edge facilities, including the main reception and waiting area, radiology office, mammography technicians bay, changing rooms, clinical examination rooms, as well as treatment room.

The treatment room is equipped with Senographe Pristina 3D technology, which provides 3D imaging at the lowest radiation exposure with the highest diagnostic precision in the identification of breast cancer, as well as the Bard Magnum Breast Lump Biopsy set for image-guided breast lump biopsies.
This apparatus can process 120 tests per day and enables digital breast tomosynthesis and stereotaxy for improved image-guided biopsies.

Chief Upstream Investment Officer of NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services, Bala Wunti, spoke at the occasion. He was represented by Senior Community Development Officer, NNPC, Mrs. Tolulope Derin-Adefuwa.

The General Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), TotalEnergies EP Nigeria, Mrs. Kenechi Esomeju, who was speaking on behalf of the Managing Director of TotalEnergies Upstream, Mike Sangster, noted that the center is now even more necessary given the rise in breast cancer cases among women.

“The need for this intervention has been underscored by the rising incidence of breast cancer diagnoses and the associated fatality rate among women.
With the mammography center initiative, more lives will be saved through early detection.

Luc Vanson, the Chief Operating Officer of Prime Oil and Gas, expressed his happiness at the mammography center’s successful completion and commissioning and noted that breast cancer is a serious health problem that needs to be addressed.

He advised the beneficiary community to put the centre to good use.

Also, speaking at the event, the Commissioner of Health, Anambra State, Dr. Ben Obidike, assured the benefactors that the centre would be functional, well maintained and available to the people. He promised to make the centre known to the people of the community.

Obidike said: “The governor of the state is involved in ensuring this. He has already hired five radiographers and a consultant to help run the place.”

Source: Oriental News Nigeria

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