Mozambique: Radiotherapy Equipment Once Again Damaged

Maputo — Mozambican health minister Ussene Isse has announced that radiotherapy equipment has once again been damaged as result of an electrical failure in Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), the country’s largest health facility.

This means that cancer patients cannot be treated with radiotherapy because of failure of the equipment, which had been reintroduced two months ago after 15 months in which it was out of service.

The radiotherapy service at HCM was introduced in 2019. The construction and…