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Kenya acquires new Cyberknife device to aid cancer treatment

Kenyatta University Teaching Refferal Hospital Board chairperson Olive Mugenda (second right) and the hospital's CEO Ahmed Dagne(right) receive documents from Jos Hansen chairman Patrick Obath (Second left) and MD Jos Hansen Benard Njoroge after receiving Cyberknife machine on October 6, 2022.

Photo credit: Sila Kiplagat I Nation Media Group

Cancer patients will benefit from advanced technology that facilitates non-invasive treatment of cancerous tumours and is an alternative to surgery.  

The Cyberknife system was installed at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH), making Kenya the second country in Africa after Egypt to acquire the machine.