The inspiration stone for the Cyclotron Unit in Oncology was laid by the President
The inspiration stone of the brand new constructing that can home the Cyclotron Unit on the Financial institution of Cyprus Oncology Heart was laid on Thursday by the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulidis. The brand new unit, funded by a €4.2 million donation from an nameless Cypriot benefactor, is predicted to improve the prognosis and therapy of most cancers by means of using the state-of-the-art PET/CT system.
In his greeting, the President of the Republic talked about that the set up of the brand new tools, which is taken into account the perfect in its subject, is predicted to enormously contribute to the improve of the providers offered to sufferers, providing them quick service on the Heart.
The development of the brand new constructing, he stated, is carried out throughout the five-year strategic improvement plan of the Oncology Heart, based on which a PET/CT shall be put in within the new constructing, which requires the manufacturing of radiopharmaceuticals from the Cyclotron Unit. The system that shall be put in, he added, will present potentialities with a decisive contribution to the prognosis and monitoring of sufferers.
“After we discuss in regards to the Well being sector, the place we’re all judged each day by the Cypriot folks is the standard of the providers offered and it’s the huge guess that we attempt to win each day with a purpose to improve the providers offered”, stated the President.
On the identical time, he greeted and acknowledged the dear contribution of the Financial institution of Cyprus Oncology Heart to the therapy of most cancers in Cyprus.
As he stated, the Heart, co-founded by the Republic of Cyprus and the Financial institution of Cyprus Medical Basis, has been working since September 1998, remaining devoted to providing trendy, high-level providers for the prognosis and therapy of most cancers for the good thing about residents.
He added that the official inclusion of the Heart as a full member of the Group of European Most cancers Facilities opens new horizons for its additional upgrading and evolution.
As he stated, the standard care of sufferers is now enhanced by means of the potential of exchanging experience with Facilities of different nations, but in addition by means of synergies which are developed, completely obligatory within the subject of Well being, and significantly helpful for upgrading and bettering the providers offered.
“Moreover, the objective of entry to high quality well being providers for one and all is a precedence for the State over time, that’s the reason critical choices have been made throughout our personal governance and vital steps have been taken on this route, steps and choices, which is able to proceed to be taken. And this objective can also be achieved by means of the cooperation of the State with specialised facilities of excellence, such because the Oncology Heart of the Financial institution of Cyprus”. Take notice.
The President publicly thanked the nameless donor, saying that it proves in observe that on this place there may be humanity and individuals who actually consider in prospects.
He additionally expressed his honest gratitude to the administration of the Heart and to the extremely certified workers, scientific and administrative. He additionally congratulated the President of the Board of Commissioners and the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners for his or her steady and day by day battle to improve the Heart.
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Financial institution of Cyprus Oncology Heart, Christos M. Triantafyllidis talked about within the speech that the laying of the muse stone immediately is one other vital historic milestone within the 26 years of operation of the Financial institution of Cyprus Oncology Heart. It symbolizes, as he stated, the start of a brand new chapter that additional upgrades the standard and effectivity of the providers the Heart supplies to its sufferers.
He added that development work on the brand new constructing is scheduled to start quickly and the creation of the Cyclotron Unit is not only a significant technological funding, however a key addition that can assist improve accuracy, velocity and effectivity in prognosis and therapy, setting new requirements in oncology care.
“With the set up of this state-of-the-art infrastructure, the Financial institution of Cyprus Oncology Heart additional consolidates its place as a mannequin Heart of Excellence and specialised oncology care, not solely in Cyprus but in addition within the wider area. Our dedication stays unwavering in offering completely high-quality oncology providers, with a human-centered strategy and respect for the wants of every affected person,” he stated.
He added that the Cyclotron unit will allow them to advance within the manufacturing of radiopharmaceuticals, enhancing diagnostic accuracy by means of using superior methods similar to positron emission tomography (PET/CT).
Mr. Triantafyllidis additionally stated that the situations set by the donor for the donation of 4.2 million euros, is the dedication of the founders of the Heart that the event of surgical oncology will proceed and the preservation of his anonymity, as he considers the work of the Heart “attention-grabbing”.
In his greeting, Financial institution of Cyprus CEO Panikos Nikolaou said that the unit will additional improve the providers offered to sufferers, from prognosis and all through the interval of therapy and development of the illness.
He added that the Oncology Heart of the Financial institution of Cyprus is a large nationwide asset.
As he stated up to now, 55% of the identified instances in Cyprus have been handled on the Oncology Heart of the Financial institution of Cyprus.
Observe additionally that over 50,000 sufferers have been registered and handled since 1998, whereas in 2023 alone we had over 17,000 distinctive affected person visits to the Heart.
On the identical time, he talked about that the Financial institution of Cyprus will proceed to assist the Oncology Heart.
The implementation of the challenge can also be strengthened by the cooperation with the businesses GE Healthcare, which has undertaken the set up of the state-of-the-art machines, and BIOKOSMOS, which is able to handle the operation of the Cyclotron Unit.
Within the context of the Ceremony, the President of the Republic of Cyprus signed the Basis Deed of the brand new constructing, based on protocol. One of many signed copies, the day by day press and the speeches of the day, have been positioned in a particular glass container that was integrated into the muse stone, forming a symbolic legacy for the way forward for oncology care in Cyprus.
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