…Displays 2,000 for disease
By Adesina Wahab
The Rotary Club, District 9110, is constructing a 50- bed Prostate Cancer Centre estimated at N150 million in the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, while it’s running free screening for 2000 men who are suffering fron the disease.
This was revealed in Ikeja, Lagos from the District Governor, Rotarian Kola Oyebade, while talking on the activities of the District for the year 2020/2021.
Oyebade, who said the initial estimate of the cost of the project was N82 million, explained that with the current inflationary rate, it could cost N100 million in the end, while roughly N50 million could be used to equip it.
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” The project is on a piece of land donated to us by the Ogun State Government and it will have 50 beds and the price of equipping it was placed at about N50 million. Members, corporate bodies and other people are supporting us on the job. No Rotary job is ever abandoned and we’re sure the completion date of April next year would be fulfilled.
“For the judicious utilization of the facility and adequate maintenance, we’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, together with the management of the teaching hospital to run the area in a sustainable way. It’s a special centre that will address the needs of these people,” he explained
He also said that the club would not relent attempts at immunising children against poliomyelitis, noting that”kicking out the disease of Nigeria didn’t mean we shouldn’t be on our guard.”
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On what the club did during the lockdown brought about by the outbreak of Coronavirus disease in the nation, Oyebade explained the District spent over $25,000 on palliatives for people, while clubs in the District gave out face masks, hand sanitizers among other things.
Oyebade explained the District, as part of its Family Health Day, screened people for free Cataract surgery.
“We’re also giving out N50,000 each to 100 petty traders. A committee is tackling that. The main requirement to benefit from it’s that a beneficiary needs to have a transaction he or she participates in. Rotary Club is for folks who want to give and impact positively on their society. They may not necessarily be the richest people,” he said.
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