Is cancer treatment expensive?« In the surrounding countries, radiotherapy is not less than 1 million CFA francs.Here, it’s 150 thousand francs, including simulation, » explains Moussa Sam Daff, director of the DalalJamm Hospital in Guédiawaye, which welcomes many cancer patients.He reassured patients by announcing that the radiotherapy machine is functioning.« It was the scanner that broke down.The simulator is actually the defective part, and we sought to fix it here.It wasn’t possible so we ordered it and believe that by the end of this week, everything will be back in order.Nevertheless, the hospital activities continue, » he says.For him, everyone must pull in the same direction to improve the situation.« We must not give a certain magnitude to a situation that is not worth it.The hospital is well structured and the services to receive help are there.The State of Senegal is doing everything to ensure that care is accessible,  » the director of DalalJamm reminded.
By Abdou Latif MANSARAY / latifmansaray@lequotidien.sn