Mpilo radiotherapy machines lying idle

BULAWAYO’s Mpilo Central Hospital radiotherapy cancer treatment machines are reportedly lying idle because there are no physicists to operate them.

This has seen cancer patients in Matabeleland region travelling to Harare, 450km away for radiotherapy services.

Mpilo clinical director Xolani Ndlovu and the health institution’s spokesperson Ozias Ndlovu were not reachable for comment yesterday.

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