Development of Specialised Care Facility Valued at 5.9bn/- at ORCI

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 commissioning next.
• A specialized care facility valued at 5.9 billion Shillings is being developed at ORCI, which will include inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, laboratories, a pharmacy, and a chemotherapy unit.
• An 11 billion Shilling cancer center is also under construction in Mbeya, currently 57% complete, and is expected to be finished by early next year.