Tuesday, 16 August 2016

New gadget will assist CT hospital treat 1,500 oncology patients

CAPE town - Groote Schuur sanatorium says 1,500 new oncology patients can now be treated after the set up of a 3rd radiotherapy system.



The Oncology department says affected person waiting time can now be reduced to beneath four weeks.

the brand new linac radiotherapy system will permit therapists to lessen patient treatment time to ten mins in line with patient.

The era also permits for the safer software of radiotherapy.

Groote Schuur Oncology's Professor Jeanette Parks says, “This device manner first off, we are able to reduce our waiting list all the way down to under 8 weeks, that's in step with worldwide standards.

“And secondly, this device has been particularly designed to deal with sufferers requiring excessive-tech radiotherapy, where we want to shield higher certain ordinary systems.”

clinic control says more sufferers, outside Cape city, can now be accommodated.

The unit additionally expects the therapy rate to increase.

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