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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87848, member: 27"]
Erongo cancer patients just scored a local oncology unit, killing the need to trek all the way to Windhoek for treatment.

Walvis Bay Oncology Centre goes live
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[*]Phase 1 opened Fon riday at Walvis Bay District Hospital.
[*]Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine bankrolled the project as the primary donor.
[*]Cancer Association of Namibia coordinated the whole effort.
[*]Rolf Hansen called it a statement of national intent.
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Why decentralization is a big deal
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[*]Windhoek Central Hospital previously monopolized state oncology services.
[*]Patients had been relocating or commuting to the capital.
[*]Hansen argued that proximity to family boosts patient resilience.
[*]Erongo residents get less-burdensome treatment journeys starting immediately.
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CAN's broader regional push
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[*]CAN formally planted its Erongo branch back in 2017.
[*]The Namibia Breast Clinic Programme was launched at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay in 2024.
[*]That programme runs in seven other locations across the country.
[*]A Swakopmund palliative-care unit also opened just last week.
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