The Officer-In-Charge at the Nsawam Female Prison in the Eastern Region, ADP Victoria Adzewodah has called for support for the activities of Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF).
ADP Adzewodah’s call comes after three inmates and an officer at the female prison were identified with suspected cancer lumps in her breast.
“Individuals, organizations, and government should support Meena Breast Cancer Foundation because the initiative is good and it cannot be done by an individual,” she said.
MBCF, on Friday, September 15, 2023, extended its activities to the prison facility to screen and educate officers and inmates on the disease.
Hundreds of prison officers and inmates turned up for the breast screening and education where four cases were recorded.
The victims were referred to health facilities for further diagnostics under the supervision and support of Meena Breast Cancer Foundation.
ADP Victoria Adzewodah after learning of the recorded cases said it raises alarm for support for MBCF to deepen its activities across all prison facilities.
She was grateful to the Foundation for conducting the exercise for the prison officers and inmates.
“Organizing these exercises is capital intensive and we wish it could be replicated in all other prisons so I am appealing to the public to support MBCF to sustain its activities,” ADP Adzewodah pleaded.
“I want to thank MBCF for choosing to come to the Nsawam Female Prison to screen and educate officers and inmates,” she added.
Meanwhile, a prison officer who survived the dreaded disease encouraged patients to be hopeful of surviving if they adhered to the directions of medical officers.
“It has been fifteen years now since I survived breast cancer. I lived a normal life because I had support from the Prisons Service. I followed instructions and that is how I have been able to survive I encourage you to seek medical attention and not to go to prayer centres or use herbal medicines to treat the disease,” she advised.
Meena Breast Cancer Foundation was established a year ago to educate the public on the dangers of breast cancer and support patients to get proper medical care. MBCF aims to champion the fight against the disease throughout the year to help reduce breast cancer-related deaths.
