Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o has poked holes at the government’s plan to set up cancer centers across the country.
Reacting to President Kenyatta’s announcement on Friday that his administration plans to build additional chemotherapy and radiology centers in different regions of the country, Governor Nyong’o termed the move as an exercise in futility.
“We seem to be laying a lot of emphasis on building cancer centers ….what is important about cancer is getting people who are specialized in the different types of cancer,” said Nyongo.
“We have a long way to go….we can build cancer centers but without specialists, we will not know how to run the equipment,” he added.
Nyong’o, who battled with prostate cancer in the past, said research, education, and specialization is the way to go.
Nyong’o, who spoke during the funeral service of the late Bomet Governor Dr. Joyce Laboso, said the country must develop human resources first if it is to deal with cancer menace.
Laboso succumbed to colon cancer at Nairobi Hospital, a few weeks after she returned from a medical trip in the United Kingdom and India.
“She (Laboso) was in remission, most of us are in remission, we just don’t say it,” said Nyongo.
He said that building cancer centers is important but they will be useless unless the country has trained specialists and functional research centers.
Nyong’o was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010 and received treatment at the University of California San Francisco Zion Medical Centre in the United States.
The war on cancer will not…
The war on cancer will not be won by brick and mortar but with focused investment in cancer research, oncologist undergoing special training on various types of cancer and early diagnosis Professor Anyang Nyong
The solution is not…
The solution is not treatment; cure comes with early detection. The government should invest in early screening procedures; for example annual mammogram for women to detect breast cancer; annual blood work to detect, for instance, prostate cancer through PSA results. Stage 3 and stage 4 cancers will kill you. Detection at stages 1 and 2 can be managed.
Lets too revert to our old…
Lets too revert to our old days good eating habits what a nice initiative plastic bags were burned..nyama..githeri..etc zilikuwa zinafungwa…with those bags straight from chemical industry..poor us Kenya…70% affected
Nyama zilikuwa zinafungwa na…
Nyama zilikuwa zinafungwa na gazeti. You could read obituaries before cooking the meat.
All the above comments are…
All the above comments are on point. The larger issue is the Chinese garage being disposed in Kenya. Thinks about the fake food, lead poisoned building materials etc. Beijing is one of the most polluted city in the world. You think they import their best????
Mheshimiwa Nyong’o be…
Mheshimiwa Nyong’o be grateful to GOD you can afford to get health care coverage outside Kenya!How about mwikali? Akinyi? Akoth who cannot even afford a syringe to get an injection at the clinic in their village! All you greedy politicians! Did you watch that lady that was denied admission at KNH simply because she did not have kshs 1950. Have you watched CRIB OF DEATH at MAMA LUCY KIBAKI hospital? This is the true kenyan health care for a mwananchi wa Kenya!!And yet you dare bragg about the quality of health care you get at UCSF? Come one and give kenyans a break!