A new device for cancer treatment was installed at the Odesa Cancer Center
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- Svitlana Ivanchenko
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19:49, 25 December, 2024
A linear accelerator installed at the Odesa Regional Cancer Center. Photo: Suspilne OdesaA new device for radiation treatment of cancer has been installed at the Odesa Regional Clinical Cancer Center. Treatment is free for patients from all over Ukraine.
This was announced by the head of the Odesa Oblast Administrative Organization, Oleh Kiper.
«The Odesa Regional Clinical Anti-Cancer Center has received a new state-owned Elekta Harmony linear accelerator for the first time in 30 years to combat cancer. On the territory of the renovated radiology department, the device will provide free assistance in cancer treatment to patients not only from the Odesa region, but also from other regions of Ukraine», he wrote.
Olha Pokitko, General Director of the Odesa Regional Clinical Antitumor Center, told Suspilne that the cost of one such device is 39 million hryvnias, and the Ministry of Health purchased 15 such devices for different regions of the country.
Linear accelerator installed at the Odesa Regional Cancer Center. Photo: Oleh Kiper
Linear accelerator installed at the Odesa Regional Cancer Center. Photo: Oleh Kiper
Linear accelerator installed at the Odesa Regional Cancer Center. Photo: Oleh KiperAccording to her, each installation requires special conditions, in particular, equipping a bunker that protects against ionizing radiation. The oncology center carried out a complete reconstruction of the premises for the new device at its own expense. Additionally, dosimetric equipment complexes and two sets of fixation devices were purchased within the framework of the program «Health of the Odesa region».
«This equipment is highly accurate, better than the old one in that it treats tumors — primary and metastases — with maximum precision. A whole team works to provide such a service, consisting not only of a radiologist, but also of a radiologist, an X-ray laboratory technician, a medical physicist, and a radiotherapy laboratory technician. This is a very complex specialization. We grow our specialists and invite them from other regions, if possible, and form a team that works only for the benefit of our patient», said the doctor.
It is noted that the device will become operational when the specialists required to service it complete commissioning and personnel training.
It was previously reported that UNICEF, with the support of the EU and the Japanese government, transferred almost 700 modern refrigerators for storing vaccines to eight frontline regions of Ukraine, including Mykolaiv region.