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NECSA and NTP donate PET-CT scanner to Tygerberg Hospital
On 25 November 2011, the Western Cape Health Department, NTP Radioisotopes and its parent company, the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), marked the intermediate phase of installing a R15.6 million positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET-CT) scanner at Tygerberg Hospital.
Mapula Letsoalo, NTP’s Executive Director, pointed out that, of the 9 functioning PET-CT scanners in the country, most are in Gauteng Province, with only one in the Western Cape. ‘The scanner owned by the Cape PET-CT Centre is currently shared between one private clinic and three state hospitals,’ she explained. ‘This scenario has caused strain as Tygerberg and Groote Schuur hospitals as well as Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital are only allocated two afternoon sessions per week. The need for an additional PET-CT scanner in the...