More Facts Emerge From Police Prostate Cancer Screening Exercise For Men Above 40 years

Health they say is wealth. That is why the Nigerian Police has embarked on a fourteen day medical intervention for its men and officers above the age of forty to ensure that prostate cancer is nipped in the bud. Flagging off the intervention programme at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Inspection General of Police, Mohammed Adamu said the country needs a healthy, strong and vibrant police organisation to be secured. The IGP explained that given the nature and pressure that goes with policing, it is imperative for the men to get good medical attention at all times in order to tackle some of the diseases that could bring them down to the level that they become incapacitated and cannot perform their critical duties. He emphasized that any disease that affects the prostate can kill as such quarterly medical checkup is required to control it. The Police Chief also noted that despite the Force having a quality medical facilities, the new partnership with the Imo state government to carry-out prostrate cancer screening was a positive and welcome development. The Force Headquarters Chief Medical Officer, DCP Ogunsanwo Olubunmi, said survey in the police showed that the highest ranking non-communicable disease among men and officers is hypertension, followed by diabetes but now seeing an increasing pattern of prostate cancer especially among the elderly male officers. He however, commended the medical partners for timely intervention.