LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Arequipa now has
a hospital specialized in cancer: the Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas (Regional Institute of Cancer), that will serve patients from Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Puno and Cusco.
The manager of the institution, José Luis Picoaga, said it has been built with the help of Cerro Verde Mining Society and by the moment will offer diagnosis services and cancer check-up, surgery and chemotherapy. Currently looking forward to hire more medical staff, this institute has at present nine doctors, 11 nurses, nine technicians, one psychologist and one social worker.
It will also have a bunker for the working of radiotherapy equipment, to be installed by the end of this month by the company Oncoserv.
By the moment, the Regional Government signed an agreement with Essalud to offer radiotherapy services in the Center of Nuclear Medicine inside Hospital Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo.
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