Sakhawat: Govt plans major expansion of cancer care, radiotherapy facilities

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said the government is expanding cancer treatment facilities, with procurement of new radiotherapy and robotic surgery equipment underway. He said the government plans to establish eight cancer institutes in the eight divisions, expand district-level radiotherapy, and procure 17 linear accelerators and five robotic surgery machines. He stressed early detection and awareness, including HPV vaccination and breast cancer self-screening. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of BRAC University's two-year Medical Physics master's programme in Merul Badda, Dhaka, he said medical physicists are crucial to radiotherapy dosage accuracy and pledged government cooperation. He said the previous government had damaged the health sector, and that the government plans Family Wellbeing Centres, 150-bed upazila hospitals, appointment of 5,000 doctors and recruitment of about 41,390 health workers.

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