In a bid to ensure early detection and treatment of breast cancer in women, a second mammography machine will be procured next year for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Junior Health Minister Dr Karen Cummings said yesterday.
“Mr. Speaker, women who cannot afford the prohibitive costs for cancer screening at private institutions are already benefitting from the one mammography machine available at the Georgetown Public Hospital and so there will be another to enhance the capacity,” Cummings said during the debate on the government’s proposed 2018 national budget last night.
Cummings told the National Assembly that while future trends in health care can be debated, the government would be focusing on the technological drivers of public healthcare to align its strategies with them and actively work to ensure the best outcomes for society.
