Namibian Oncology Centre
Not to be confused with Dr AB May Cancer Treatment Centre at Windhoek Central Hospital[1]
| Namibian Oncology Centre | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location | Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| Coordinates | 22°32′40″S 17°03′45″E / 22.54444°S 17.06250°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | Cancer Treatment, Research and Rehabilitation |
| Affiliated university | Spitz Healthcare Investments |
| Services | |
| Beds | 12 |
| History | |
| Opened | July 2015 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.namoncology.com/ |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Namibia Healthcare in Namibia |
Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC), also Namibia Oncology Centre, is a private, specialized, tertiary care medical facility. The facility offers radiotherapy since July 2015 and oncology pharmacy together with chemotherapy since November 2015.[2]
Location
[edit]The centre maintains three locations, two in the capital city of Windhoek and one in Swakopmund. The detailed locations are as follows:[3] (1) Windhoek Khomasdal Facility; at the corner of Mahtma Ghandi and Hans Dietrich Genscher Street (2) Windhoek Eros Facility; along Heliodoor Street and (3) Swakopmund Facility; along Henties Bay Road.[3]
Overview
[edit]NOC is a privately owned cancer treatment, rehabilitation and research center, owned by Spitz Healthcare Investments, a Windhoek-based healthcare investment fund. The centre began serving the public with laboratory, pharmacy, radiation, chemotherapy, and oncology rehabilitative services in 2015. Before that, patients who needed radiation, had to travel to South Africa to receive those services. The center's digital linear accelerator, is the first in the country and also serves private patients referred from neighboring countries, including Angola.[4] As of 2016, the cancer centre maintained a private in-patient ward with 12 beds.[5]
Background
[edit]Namibia is a Southern African country, with a population of about 3 million as of 2024.[6] The most prevalent cancers in Namibia as of 2016 were (1) Skin cancer (2) Kaposi's sarcoma, which is HIV/AIDS related (3) Breast cancer (4) Prostate cancer (5) Cervical cancer and (6) Oral cavity cancer, in that order.[5]
NOC was established in 2015, to complement and relieve the Dr AB May Cancer Treatment Centre at Windhoek Central Hospital, the largest public hospital in the country. It is also intended to reduce the increasing number of private patients in Namibia seeking oncology services in neighboring South Africa.[5]
Staff
[edit]As of 2016, NOC employed about 30 staff members, including oncologists, nurses, physicians and therapists.[5] In 2019, the cancer centre recruited Dr. Lillian Gesami-Steytler, the first paediatric oncologist in the country, who also works as a consultant paediatric oncologist at the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Windhoek.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mandisa Rasmeni (22 January 2018). "Dr AB May Cancer Care Centre gets face-lift". Namibia Economist. Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Namibia Economist (12 February 2016). "Oncology Centre Offers Cutting Edge Cancer Treatment". Namibia Economist. Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ a b NOC (20 August 2024). "Location of the Offices of Namibian Oncology Centre". Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC). Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ ACHEST (22 June 2015). "State of the art cancer treatment available in Namibia". African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST). Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d The Namibian (10 February 2016). "Cancer Care … Namibia Oncology Centre". The Namibian. Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ CIA (20 August 2024). "The World Factbook: Namibia Summary". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Langley, Virginia, United States. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ NEN (16 January 2019). "First Paediatric Oncologist For Namibia". New Era (NEN). Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Prostate Cancer the Leading Cancer in Namibia As of 29 February 2024.