Papua New Guinea’s well respected gynaecologist, Dr Mathias Sapuri, is once more stressing the need for an established radiotherapy centre in the country.
His call comes a few days away from the annual Globeathon to End Women’s Cancers, which falls on September 24.
Sapuri acknowledged that the Pacific International Hospital was currently in talks with the government for a possible public-private partnership that will see a specialist in the country.
But he is adamant to keep reminding relevant authorities of the need.
“In the future, our encouragement is to make sure that government continues to invest in cancer cure so that we can have a good established radiotherapy in PNG.
“They should continue to get the message that PNG must eventually establish a well technology driven proper radiotherapy cancer centre in PNG so that if all else fails, we must have surgery and radiotherapy setup to do justice.”
(An example of radiotherapy – Picture: Health Awareness)