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.