NNPC, Totalenergies, partners commission mammography centre in Anambra
IN furtherance of their corporate social responsibilities to communities, the
Nigerian National Petroleum
Company ( NNPC) Limited,
Totalenergies Upstream
Nigeria Limited, operator of
OML 130, and partners ha ve built and handed over a mammography centre to the
General Hospital, Onitsha,
Anambra State.
The mammography centre will provide patients access to effective technologically enhanced screening that will help in early detection, treatment and reduction in breast cancer mortality.
The centre, which is fully equipped with state- of- theart facilities, including main reception and waiting area, radiology office, mammography technicians bay , changing rooms, clinical examination rooms, as well as treatment room, is supported by a 40KVA generator for stable power supply.
The treatment room houses the Bard Magnum Breast
Lump Biopsy set for imageguided breast lump biopsies, as well as Senograph e Pristina 3D equipment, which delivers 3D imaging at the lowest radiation exposure with superior diagnostic accuracy in the detection of breast cancer. This equipment offers digital breast tomosynthesis and stereotaxy for enhanced imageguided biopsy , and can process 120 examinations per day.
In his welcome address, the
Chief Upstream In vestment
Officer of NNPC Upstream
Investment Management
Services, Bala Wunti, who was represented by Senior
Community Development
Officer, NNPC, Mrs. T olulope
Derin- Adefuwa, said that the project, which aligns with
Sustainable Development
Goals ( SDGS), was part of efforts to mitigate identified gaps.