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Ceylinco Healthcare to
set up cancer treatment unit
Sri Lanka will receive its most advanced cancer
treatment facility courtesy Ceylinco Healthcare Services Ltd. (CHSL)
the preventive medicare subsidiary of life insurance leader Ceylinco
Life.
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| Picture shows from left -- Tirol Perera, Accountant,
Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited, Palitha Jayawardene, Director,
Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited, R. Renganathan, Deputy
Chairman, Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited, Prof. Lakshman
R. Watawala, Chairman, BOI and Charles Morais, Brand Manager,
Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited. |
The new treatment unit in Colombo 2 will be the
country's first private cancer treatment facility, and will be the
only centre equipped with a Linear Accelerator (Linac) offering
the most sophisticated and safe radiotherapy available, the company
said.
CHSL Deputy Chairman R. Renganathan headed a team of directors who
signed the investment agreement for the establishment of this unit
at the Board of Investment (BOI).
Expected to be operational by May next year, the Ceylinco Cancer
Treatment Centre will be built next to the Ceylinco Healthcare Centre
at Park Street, which is the country's most advanced private standalone
facility for cancer screening and for information and advice on
the management and treatment of cancers. The new centre will be
equipped with the latest Linear Accelerator used to produce mega
voltage x-rays to treat deep-seated tumours with Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy (IMRT), an HDR - Brachytherapy unit, CT Simulator,
a sophisticated Treatment Planning Computer and a C ARM X Ray Unit.
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