OCEAN Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) is set to start offering PET-CT Scan services from June this year after securing a contractor who will construct the facility over a six-month period.<\/p>\n
PET-CT Scan is a diagnostic examination that involves getting images of the body based on the detection of radiation from the emission of positrons.<\/p>\n
It is a new detection for the exact representation of certain types of cancer and their metastasis.<\/p>\n
According to the Executive Director of the ORCI, Dr Julius Mwaiselage, the PETCT Scan project at the health facility will be the biggest in the Sub-Saharan African countries.<\/p>\n
The method fits very well with checking the effects and success of the therapy used.<\/p>\n
Through consultation, PET-CT Scan determines the exact position, size, activity and development of cancer inthe entire body.<\/p>\n
The government had already disbursed 14.5bn\/- for the project upon which the institute plans to sign an agreement with a contractor later this month.<\/p>\n
The contractor will, among other works, construct a building and install the Pet-CT Scan machines.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon completion of the project, the government will be saving at least 15bn\/- annually in financing treatment of patients seeking such services abroad,\u201d Dr Mwaiselage stated.<\/p>\n
He was speaking on Monday in Dar es Salaam during a meeting with journalists and information officers of the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children and its institutions.<\/p>\n
The meeting was held as part of a campaign dubbed: \u2018Tumeboresha Afya,\u2019 (We have improved health status), which highlights measures taken to improve the health sector during President John Magufuli\u2019s four years of leadership so far.<\/p>\n
He further explained that the Fifth phase government had invested a lot in cancer diagnosis and treatment at the institute.<\/p>\n
In 2018\/19, the government invested about 9.4bn\/- in purchasing modern machines for cancer treatment, mainly chemotherapy. Currently, the ORCI has about 60 machines for chemotherapy treatment to patients.<\/p>\n
Modern equipment has enabled the institute to serve up to 300 patients who need chemotherapy daily.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, medicines for leading types of cancers are currently available by 100 per cent.<\/p>\n
This was a result of the increased budget for cancer drugs from 770m\/- in 2015\/16 to the current 10bn\/-.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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