Steve Biko Hospital is leading world’s cancer war
Real challenge not quality of specialist cancer care but access “South Africa’s public health system serves approximately 86% of the population via only 11 dedicated radiation oncology centres, while the private sector serves roughly 14% of the population yet has access to about 80% of the country’s oncology specialists and much of the advanced equipment,” said Meyer.
Trudy Khumalo, from Women Against Cancer, said while SA’s public health sector has highly specialised facilities and expertise, this “does not automatically mean every patient will receive good-quality service”.
She said the real challenge is not the quality of specialist cancer care available in the public sector, but access to it.
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