News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Wednesday that the agency intended to expand cooperation with Pakistan in different areas, particularly in its efforts to provide the latest treatment facilities to cancer patients.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Cyberknife facility at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)’s cancer-care hospital in Islamabad, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute, he voiced hope that the facility would prove a success.
He said that the newly inaugurated Cyberknife facility was multiplying therapy capacities in the countries to treat cancer patients.
IAEA’s cooperation with developing countries
DG said that the IAEA had launched a global program “Rays of Hope” over a year ago, aimed at increasing radiotherapy facilities primarily in developing states.
He said that the project was aimed at bringing radiotherapy facilities for those who are without it.
He said that Pakistan has top facilities in NORI and outstanding professionals to cure cancer patients. The hospital is equipped with the latest technology.
Grossi said that cancer is one of those diseases which are heavily affecting the largest population globally. IAEA is trying to remove such imbalances to improve healthcare facilities around the world.
