Mozambique to open first radiotherapy and nuclear medicine unit in 2017

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Mozambique to open first radiotherapy and nuclear medicine unit in 2017

1:48 CAT | 22 Aug 2016

Folha de Maputo (File photo) / Maputo Central Hospital

Mozambique is to get its first radiotherapy and nuclear medicine unit, it was announced yesterday during a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency to the site of the new centre.

According to Gudi Morais, radiotherapist physician at Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), the service will open to the public some time between May and June 2017 in the premises of HCM, the largest hospital in the country.

Representing the Atomic Energy Agency, Simone Kodlulorich made a positive appraisal of the work that is being done to ensure the safety of infrastructure and staff.

The project is budgeted at US$15 million and will benefit more than 300 patients a year.

To ensure the smooth running of the centre, the country has a team of 12 radiotherapists, physicians, physicists and technicians, of whom five are currently training abroad. These will be supported through 2018 by a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Every year the Maputo Central Hospital records 700 new cases of cancer, of which only a small group benefits from radiotherapy treatment outside the country.

Source: O País