A fifty year old woman from Ini LGA in Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Eno Essien Asuquo, who has been battling breast cancer since August 2003, got some reprieve on Saturday courtesy of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.
According to a report by CrossRiverWatch, Mrs. Eno Essien, who lives in Calabar, has been going to sit by the road side along Ekorinim by First Bank road, near the State Ministry of Works, to see if she can grab the attention of the State Governor who passes through that road to work. But each time the Governor is passing, security personnel rush to keep her out of view of the governor.
But a concerned citizen and rights activist, Barrister James Ibor, was driving by on Saturday morning and sighted the big sore on the woman’s breast from his car. He approached the woman and after their conversation, Ibor put a call across to the Minister who was on her way from the “Otomo Obong” festival. The Minister rushed to the scene to see the woman. On sighting Mrs Eno, she immediately directed that the woman be taken to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH, for immediate medical attention, on her bill.
By the end of last Saturday, Madam Eno Essien’s sore was dressed and preliminary treatment had started. She was admitted in the female ward of UCTH and will go for CT scan today Monday while the hospital authority says the result of the scan will determine further treatment course.
