Namibian Oncology Centre

Not to be confused with Dr AB May Cancer Treatment Centre at Windhoek Central Hospital

Namibian Oncology Centre
Map
Namibian Oncology Centre is located in Namibia
Namibian Oncology Centre
Geography
LocationWindhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Coordinates22°32′40″S 17°03′45″E / 22.54444°S 17.06250°E / -22.54444; 17.06250
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeCancer Treatment, Research and Rehabilitation
Affiliated universitySpitz Healthcare Investments
Services
Beds12
History
OpenedJuly 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07)
Links
Websitehttps://www.namoncology.com/
Other linksList of hospitals in Namibia
Healthcare in Namibia

Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC), also Namibia Oncology Centre, is a private, specialized, tertiary care medical facility. The facility offers radiotherapy since July 2015 and oncology pharmacy together with chemotherapy since November 2015.[1]

Location

The centre maintains three locations, two in the capital city of Windhoek and one in Swakopmund. The detailed locations are as follows:[2]

  • Windhoek Khomasdal Facility, at the corner of Mahatma Gandhi and Hans Dietrich Genscher Street
  • Windhoek Eros Facility, along Heliodoor Street
  • Swakopmund Facility, along Henties Bay Road[2]

Overview

NOC is a privately owned cancer treatment, rehabilitation and research center, owned by Spitz Healthcare Investments, a Windhoek-based healthcare investment fund. The centre began serving the public with laboratory, pharmacy, radiation, chemotherapy, and oncology rehabilitative services in 2015. Before that, patients who needed radiation, had to travel to South Africa to receive those services. The center's digital linear accelerator, is the first in the country and also serves private patients referred from neighboring countries, including Angola.[3] As of 2016, the cancer centre maintained a private in-patient ward with 12 beds.[4]

Background

Namibia is a Southern African country, with a population of about 3 million as of 2024.[5] The most prevalent cancers in Namibia as of 2016 were (1) Skin cancer (2) Kaposi's sarcoma, which is HIV/AIDS related (3) Breast cancer (4) Prostate cancer (5) Cervical cancer and (6) Oral cavity cancer, in that order.[4]

NOC was established in 2015, to complement and relieve the Dr AB May Cancer Treatment Centre at Windhoek Central Hospital, the largest public hospital in the country. It is also intended to reduce the increasing number of private patients in Namibia seeking oncology services in neighboring South Africa.[4]

Staff

As of 2016, NOC employed about 30 staff members, including oncologists, nurses, physicians and therapists.[4] In 2019, the cancer centre recruited Dr. Lillian Gesami-Steytler, the first paediatric oncologist in the country, who also works as a consultant paediatric oncologist at the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Windhoek.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Namibia Economist (12 February 2016). "Oncology Centre Offers Cutting Edge Cancer Treatment". Namibia Economist. Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b NOC (20 August 2024). "Location of the Offices of Namibian Oncology Centre". Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC). Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ ACHEST (22 June 2015). "State of the art cancer treatment available in Namibia". African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST). Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d The Namibian (10 February 2016). "Cancer Care … Namibia Oncology Centre". The Namibian. Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ CIA (20 August 2024). "The World Factbook: Namibia Summary". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Langley, Virginia, United States. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ NEN (16 January 2019). "First Paediatric Oncologist For Namibia". New Era (NEN). Windhoek, Namibia. Retrieved 20 August 2024.