Cancer Exterminating the Poor

And theverdict is; “You are sentenced to slow death with an option of recuperation ifam detected earlier and subsequent treatment in the US”

This is whatis befalling majority of Kenyans languishing in abject poverty. It is acondemnation none of them can ever negotiate given the prevailing circumstancesin the Kenya’s health sector. What a fright! Sure, it is such a dreadful conditiononly God can shield them against.

Leave alonethe treatment cost, even to afford the one way fare to the US remains to becastles in the air and still it shall always be a pipe dream unless seriousreforms and investments are done in the health sector.

For quite along time, cancer has been associated with the rich due to their lavishlifestyles. It has now been proven to be the contrary; the economicallychallenged are more jeopardized and exposed to such plagues than theeconomically fortunate.

Justrecently, both ministers in the health sector have been diagnosed with prostateand breast cancers, though devastating they were lucky enough for they didafford the necessary treatment abroad. This should serve as a wake up call tothe government if it’s to ensure the constitutionally enshrined right for abetter health to all Kenyans.

Cancer is sucha scourge that even our development partners should also chip in and aid inputting it to an end before it results to shockingly extreme deaths. Notably,several measures should be put in place to counter the increasingly risingcancer cases. Some of these include the following:-

       i.           Provisionof early detection equipment to the remote areas
     ii.           Constructionof cancer treatment centers to deal with extreme cases
   iii.           Provisionof awareness to the masses on the causes and the safeguarding measures
    iv.           Creationof awareness on good eating habits.
      v.           Economicallyempowering the citizens