Pari, Mpilo radiotherapy machines still down

SCORES of cancer patients seeking treatment at public health facilities like Parirenyatwa Group and Mpilo Central hospitals are still failing to access treatment because radiotherapy machines remain unoperational nearly two months after breaking down.

Promises by authorities at the Health ministry to fix the machines have not brought any relief for the many cancer patients, whose treatment routines are now in disarray.

Radiotherapy is the second-most successful method of curing cancer, and it can be used alone or in combination with chemotherapy to cure and sometimes treat benign
tumours.

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