Shell, NNPC donate new cancer treatment machine to National Hospital

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The machine, donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and SNEPCo, is used for radiation treatment of cancer patients.

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Mr Kyari was represented by a Group Manager, Nduka Mmadu. He urged other institutions and organisations in the country to invest massively in the health sector.Bayo Ojulari, the managing director SNEPCo in his remark said apart from donating the equipment, a maintenance and operational structure has been put in place as an initiative to maintain the machine.

“This state-of-the-art equipment is the best you can find anywhere in the world in terms of speed, durability and ruggedness, and patients will no longer be interrupted during routine equipment maintenance,” he said. “So in 2017, we received a second linear accelerator where 850 patients were treated in 20 months with over 25, 000 cycles of radiotherapy sessions. Normally, it takes about 15 minutes for each round of treatment, but with two functional machines, it will now take just two minutes for a round of treatment.”

 

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Will it be put to use? Will it function as needed? Where are the technicians? Anyone available yo fix it when something go wrong? So many questions about our Nigeria and healthcare system. This machine will function 1week and malfunction 2months .

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