INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has provided 40 medical facilities and equipment to Herat Regional Hospital&s cancer
ward worth $55,000.TIKA officials said they donated about 40 items, including medicines, equipment and medical facilities to this cancer
ward.&We contributed a total of 40 items to this hospital,& said Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Herat.Meanwhile, doctors from
the oncology department [diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients] have said that the current facilities can help them in better treatment
of patients.According to them, with these facilities, this department has been upgraded from 10 beds to 18 beds and up to 30 cancer patients
are treated here daily.They added that they still need advanced equipment to treat all types of cancer patients.&Unfortunately, the
operating room is still not available in our department
Either the patients should come to the Herat Regional Hospital or take them to Kabul for the operation,& said Farooq Ahmad Sedeqqi, head of
the cancer center.&If we can activate the radiation therapy department in the future, Inshallah, we will be able to provide comprehensive
services for patients so that no patient will need to go abroad,& he added.The cancer diagnosis and treatment department in Herat Regional
Hospital has been active for more than four years, during this period 2,300 cancer patients were diagnosed and treated by doctors.RELATED
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