Oncology Department.

Staffing.

• Drs-2 Drs have completed thei r super-speciality in Onco –Sugery and Gynae Onco.
• 3Drs are still on training 1-Medical Oncologist,1Paediatric Oncology and 1 interventional radiology, 1 will be going for Nuclear Medicine training in Feb 2015.
• 2 Radiation Technologists are at Ocean Road undertaking their studies.
• 1 Pathologist who is in the department of Histopathology since 2007.
• 1 Medical Oncologist who is the head of department has his training in Super specialist in that field in Italy completed in 2008 , and he is in the department since 2009.
• 1 Nuclear Medicine Physician completed his studies in 2011.
• 1 Medical Physicist completed his studies in 2012 together with 1 Radiation Technologists and 2 Nuclear Medicine Technologists.
• 4 Nurses were trained in Onco-nursing 3 in Italy for 6 months each, and 1 in South Africa for 4 months.
• Apart from that we have in house training in the department,we trained 26 Drs in the Region surrounding Bugando or Served by Bugando as a tertiary Hospital in September 2013.
• We also had a training for Nurses and Pharmaceutical Technicians 35 in total in June 2014.
• In house training is ongoing due to staff turnover for training or other reasons.

Community

Also this exercise is being done at the department on daily basis during treatment schedules,special activity eg Pink and Red Ribbon months,also when patients are waiting to be seen in the clinics through posters and leaflets.

EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING.

• In house is meant for staff we expected 300+ but we screened 96.
• Facility means Clients coming for screening every Friday of every week voluntarily –We have screened 356 women.
• Outreach Screening which is funded by Italians Collaborators we were able to visit 8 districts and screened 3000 women, we are currently analyzing the results.

TREATMENT AND CARE.

EVOLUTION.

• Different partners have come in to help in this area,eg in the area of Histo/Cytopathology-Italians have assisted both material-equipments and reagents, and Human resources through Rotating Pathologists.
• In the area of treatment also Italians have donated Drugs and send Rotating Oncologists and Nurses to help the existing local team.
• We Received Gamma Camera from IAEA which is helping in staging of our patients ,especially bone scans.
• We recently received an X-ray Machine for Bukumbi Hospital and a Teleradiology unity for Bugando.
• Italians are donating 1 Linac machine for treatment and its Simulating unity
• IAEA through the matching Funds program will donate 2-Cbalt 60 Machines,HDR-Brachytherapy,and Planning system.
• Not all patients that are seen can be cured and therefore-Paaliative care.

Conventional Sim

Cobalt 60

Patient on treatment.