Investment in 20bn/- PET Scan Machine 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 formal commissioning.
• An 11 billion Shilling cancer center is being built in Mbeya, currently 57% complete, and is expected to be finished by early next year.
• A 20 billion Shilling PET scan machine, the first of its kind in the region, is being introduced to help detect cancerous cells early and assess disease spread.