Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman has said with installation of Cyclotron and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography, better known as PET-CT, Bangladesh went a step forward in cancer treatment.
The science and technology sector in the country took a step forward with establishment of the first PET-CT, the minister said while inaugurating the machineries set up at the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences and the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences to conduct cancer screening.
The machineries were installed under the project "Establishment of PET-CT with Cyclotron Facilities" of the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission.
Attending the function as special guest, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Vice-Chancellor Prof AKM Mosharraf Hossain said, “We hope that people from abroad will come to our country after 10 years to seek quality treatment. The beginning of which is the placement of these cyclotron and PET-CT machines.”
He added that they want this device to be installed in every district in the next five years.
Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Prof Dr Sanwar Hossain said, “Establishment of cyclotron and PET-CT is a milestone in the development of the country. We hope that physicians and researchers using it will provide the right service to patients. With this, we no longer have to go abroad to diagnose complex diseases, including cancer. For this, we all have to work together and provide international quality services.”
Project Director Prof Dr Nurul Islam, PET CT is used in more than 90 per cent of cancer patients.
Member of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Biology) Prof Dr Ashok Kumar Pal, Director of National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (NINMAS) Prof Dr Shamim Mumtaz Ferdousi Begum were also present at the function.
