Govt pledges to deploy qualified physicist to Mpilo

MPILO Central Hospital acting chief executive Solwayo Ngwenya has revealed that government has promised to deploy a physicist to operate the cancer radiotherapy machines which are lying idle as there is no qualified operator.

Ngwenya said government had heeded their concerns of being short-staffed and would soon deploy a physicist to the hospital.

“The government has seconded a physicist so the machines will be working very soon,” he said.

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