President GEJ to inaugurate National Cancer and Radiotherapy Center in Abuja
 
   
The Board Chairman of the National Hospital, Mr Tony Okam, has said the new National Cancer and Radiotherapy Centre of the National Hospital, Abuja, will be inaugurated in March.

Okam told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan would be expected to inaugurate the centre.

``By the time we finish it, nobody has any reason to go abroad for any type of cancer treatment.

Okam said the building had been completed and some of the major equipment had already been supplied.

He said all the equipment that was found only in health care centres abroad would be provided at the centre.

``We have state -of–the- art equipment, two linear accelerators have already been procured; they are there.

``We are just waiting for one CT for the synchronization so that whatever you have abroad you have here.

``We have the capacity; the national hospital is the apex hospital in Nigeria.

``When you have a full complement of about 100 top class consultants you cannot expect anything less”. he said.