Elekta introduces advanced cancer treatment to Kingdom of Bhutan
THIMPHU, Bhutan, July 24, 2017 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that it has been chosen to deliver the first ever radiation therapy system to the Kingdom of Bhutan. The National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the Kingdom, will install an Elekta Compact™ linear accelerator during August, 2017.In modernizing the public health services that it offers its citizens for free, the government of Bhutan will introduce radiation therapy as an essential form of cancer treatment. Today, most of Bhutan’s 4,000-5,000 people who are diagnosed with cancer need to travel to Kolkata, India