Following the treatment of Ashya King in Prague,the Christie in Manchester is preparing to offer the new and effective therapy
It is not just a UK and an NHS first. The start of building work on the high-energy proton beam service at Manchester’s Christie hospital marks a meaningful point in the institution’s transformation, from locally loved north-west specialist institution to world-main player on the cancer stage.
The 125m five-floor proton beam therapy centre opening its doors in 2018 will be able to treat 750 of the most complicated cancer patients every year, and many of them children – such as Ashya King,whose parents triggered an international police hunt when they took him to the Czech Republic to get proton beam therapy.
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Source: theguardian.com