Cancer survivors ask state to declare disease national disaster

Ikapamedia Managing Director and also Board advisor and regional representative for East African chamber of commerce(EACC) Florence Sugut address the press on October 6, 2022, during Customer service week for cancer patients and survivors. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Cancer survivors and patients have called on the government to declare the diseases a national disaster as in the case of HIV/AIDS.

Led by Mary Mwangi, the survivors said declaring the disease a national disaster will go a long way in helping them get free treatment just like HIV/AIDS patients.