The
Federal Government has introduced a pain-relieving drug for cancer, HIV and
other related diseases in the country.
The
drug, simply called morphine, is expected to bring relief to patients suffering
from the ailments.
Consequently,
it has directed that morphine, which had been in use in very low quantity in
health facilities in the country, should be supplied by the Federal Government
and the American Cancer Society in the next one year.
The
programme is being implemented under the auspices of Pain-Free Hospital
Initiative.
The
Managing Director of Global Cancer Treatment, Dr. Megan O’Brien, who spoke on
behalf of ACS during the unveiling of morphine on Thursday evening in Abuja,
said the drug will reduce the scarcity of pain relievers.
She
said, “In the past, opium pain relievers were not widely used in Nigeria, and
as a result, hundreds of thousands of Nigerians have suffered unnecessarily.
Their unrelieved pain affected not only themselves; their suffering traumatized
their families, their communities and the health workers who took care of
them.”
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