61bn/- Investment in Cancer Treatment Equipment at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI)
Latest Tanzania health news · 61bn/- Investment in Cancer Treatment Equipment at Ocea… explained · updated Aug 20, 2026 · health news · hospitals · public health
TLDR
- The government has invested over 61 billion Tanzanian Shillings in cancer treatment equipment at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI).
- This investment aims to reduce patient waiting times for radiotherapy from over a month to an average of two weeks.
- A modern linear accelerator radiotherapy machine costing 7.3 billion Shillings has been installed at ORCI, along with two cobalt radiotherapy machines worth 4.3 billion Shillings, which are awaiting formal commissioning.
- An 11 billion Shilling cancer center is under construction in Mbeya, currently 57% complete, and is expected to be finished by early next year.
- ORCI is also developing a specialized care facility valued at 5.9 billion Shillings, which will include inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, laboratories, a pharmacy, and a chemotherapy unit.