Aga Khan constructing Sh13.8bn Cancer Centre in Dar es Salaam

Health minister Ummy Mwalimu and the chairperson of the Aga Khan Health Services Board Executive Committee, Princess Zahra Aga Khan, lay the foundation stone for a cancer treatment centre at the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, yesterday.  PHOTO | COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • The centre, which will be built at the hospital in Dar es Salaam, will receive up to 125 patients in need of radiation services per day.
  • The construction comes at a time when official data from the Health minister, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, shows that  68 out of 100 cancer patients die each year.