Ceylinco Healthcare to import Sri Lanka’s first TomoTherapyR Treatment System
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Picture shows R. Renganathan, Chairman of CHSL (3rd from left) and Eric Arnould, Senior Director International Finance & Administration at Accuray Europe sign the agreement in the presence of (from left) Ketan Desai, Vice President - Sales, Kirloskar Technologies (Pvt) Ltd., Thushara Ranasinghe, Director CHSL, Ranjith Pandithage, Chairman of DIMO Ltd and Manish Jaiswal, Sales Director - India and subcontinent for Accuray Medical Equipment India (Pvt) Ltd.
Facilities in Sri Lanka for radiation treatment for cancer will undergo a quantum upgrade with the acquisition of cutting-edge TomoTherapyR equipment by Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited (CHSL), the company that introduced the Linear Accelerator (Linac) to the country.
The company, a subsidiary of life insurance leader Ceylinco Life, is investing US$ 3.725 million (Rs 500 million at current exchange rates) on a TomoTherapy Hi.ArtR Treatment System from Accuray Inc., of USA, for a new treatment unit at Park Street, Colombo 2, in close proximity to its ground-breaking first Radiation Treatment Unit, it said in a media release.
“From its inception, Ceylinco Healthcare has been focussed on making the latest techniques in cancer treatment affordable to a larger segment of Sri Lankans,” said R. Renganathan, Chairman of CHSL. “This new machine has the capability to treat the full spectrum of cancers, including brain tumours with minimal effect on surrounding tissue.”
The first machine of its kind in Sri Lanka, the TomoTherapy treatment system will enable Image Guided Radiation Treatment (IGRT), which brings a new dimension in delivering precise radiation to the target and sparing normal tissue, Dr. Sarath Abeyakoon Senior Consultant Oncologist & Medical Director of the Ceylinco Radiation Treatment Centre said.
The TomoTherapy treatment system delivers radiation therapy with a spiral delivery pattern known as TomoHelicalT. Photon radiation is produced by a linear accelerator which travels around the patient and moves in unison with a device called a multi-leaf collimator that shapes the beam. Meanwhile, the couch also moves, guiding the patient slowly through the centre of the ring.
Ceylinco Healthcare Services recently entered into an agreement with TomoTherapy Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Accuray Europe and the company’s authorised local representative Dimo (Private) Ltd., for the purchase of the TomoTherapy Hi.Art Treatment Syste, which the company hopes to commission at its second Radiation Treatment Centre in July 2013.
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