Abuja Metropolitan Lions Club has launched a N50 million fund for the equipping of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital’s Oncology centre.
The club had, during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria last year, donated a 20-bed Oncology treatment ward to the teaching hospital to attend to children battling cancer.
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But the centre is yet to be operational due to lack of required equipment.
Speaking at the launch in Abuja, the club’s outgoing president, Mr Aniekan Michael, said over N30 million was expended on the centre.
He added that the N50 million fund was to equip the centre to be fully operational.
According to him, paediatric cancer, diabetes, environment, optics and hunger are five focal areas of the club.
Michael said the club, a not-for-profit organisation, focused on paediatric cancer for its 2021/2022 project because it was among the common non-infectious causes of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide.
