By Tunde Olamilekan
Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH, Osogbo, has raised concern over the rising cases of Hepatitis B and its complications among residents of Iwo community.
A Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the hospital, Dr. Raheem Abiola, in a letter addressed to the Almufty of Yoruba Land, Alhaji Dawood Imran Molasan, said over 20 million people are currently infected with the virus in Nigeria with about 20 percent of people in Osun State affected.
The hospital sought partnership and community support for an enlightenment and free screening campaign to curb the spread of the virus in the town.
Consultant Gastroenterologist noted that Hepatitis B has continued to claim lives in Iwo, including notable indigenes and Islamic scholars.
He added that “we see cases of hepatitis B infection or its complications like liver cirrhosis or liver cancer coming from Iwo almost on a weekly basis.”
Dr Abiola said it is high time something is done to stem the surge. He urged the Islamic scholar to pass the message to other decision makers in the town and fix an appropriate date and venue for an awareness enlightenment campaign and sensitisation of residents on prevention and early treatment.
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