DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 4 -- MORE than 200 patients, supposed to be referred to overseas hospitals, have been treated in the country at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), thanks to newly installed cancer treatment equipment.
The equipment, medical linear accelerators ( LINAC) worth 9.b n/-, started operating in September last year.
According to RadiologyInfo.or g, a LINAC "customises high energy x- rays or electrons to conform to a tumour's shape and destroy cancer cells while sparing surrounding normal tissues.
It features several built-in safety measures to ensure it will deliver the dose as prescribed."
Speaking in Dar es Salaam on Monday, ORCI Executive Director, Dr Ju lius Mwaiselage, said if the patients had been referred to Indi...