The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Hon. Samson Osagie Esq, on Thursday has called on government, corporate bodies and spirited individual to invest in the treatment of cancer patients to enable them live a normal lives.
Osagie’s made the statements in an event organise by BISAM Care Foundation Inc at the 3rd remembrance when they visited Oncology Department in University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) to support cancer patients to honour the memory of his late wife, (Mrs.) Olabisi Amenze Osagie JP, (Nee Igbingie), Benin city.
Osagie’s said the inspiration for this foundation activities is born out of the fact that while his late wife was on her sick bed, she was also helping other cancer patients and noted that the gesture must be sustained to support humanity.
Recalling the late wife’s battle with cancer said, “The BISAM Care foundation was established two years ago in memory of my late wife, Mrs. Olabisi Amenze JP, who passed on the 10th of April 2022, on an Easter Sunday. My wife suffered triple negative breast cancer for 11 years.
“She got treatment both home and abroad until God called her home, I think God knows the best. The inspiration for this foundation activities is born out of the fact that while she was on her sick bed she supported other cancer patients.
“So, we believe that this gesture must be sustained to support humanity. And it is a way of making her memory indelible in the minds of people, and in our minds as a family. We also believe that living a life without supporting your immediate environment and persons is not even worth it. No matter how much you enjoy on your own.
” I want to use this opportunity to call on governments, public spirited individuals, organisations, non governmental organisations, corporate bodies to invest more in the treatment of cancer because it doesn’t respect anybody.
Also speaking after the visit to Oncology wards to see the cancer patients, the Chief Medical Director of UBTH, Prof Darlington Obaseki, thanked Hon. Samson Osagie doling out N2.5 million to support cancer patients.
Prof. Obaseki stressed that the burden of healthcare is huge for the hospital and called on well meaning Nigerians to join in the race that Hon. Samson Osagie had started.
