论文信息 - Broken Machines or Broken Systems: The Road to Meaningful Global Radiotherapy Access

Broken Machines or Broken Systems: The Road to Meaningful Global Radiotherapy Access

Uganda has no radiotherapy. The sole workhorse machine, installed in 1995 at the country’s national hospital, stopped functioning in April 2016 and is beyond repair, a fact that rose to international attention. The absence of this machine means that hundreds of patients who were in the middle of cancer treatment were not able to complete it and many patients who could have lived with their cancers will now die of them.

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