Madam Speaker, in reply to part (a) of the question, I am informed that no site visit was effected in July 2024. Instead, a preliminary site visit was carried out by a team of specialists and technicians on 4 October 2024. It was then observed that there was several unused medical equipment at the National Cancer Centre comprising motorised beds, ICU ventilators, syringe pumps, high-end central monitoring systems, multi-parameter patient monitors, amongst others. Subsequently, an extended team of officers comprising the consultant in charge, anaesthesia; the Neonatal and Paediatric Respiratory Therapist; the Superintendent Healthcare Technology Workshop; two Biomedical Engineers; three Senior Healthcare Technologists, and a Procurement and Supply Officer carried out a detailed survey and drew a list of unused therapeutic and diagnostic equipment at the National Cancer Centre, indicating functionalities to date. The survey was carried out from 19 to 22 November 2024, and the report was submitted on 28 November 2024. A list of the unused medical equipment is being tabled accordingly. Madam Speaker, in reply to part (b) of the question, I carried out a site visit at the National Cancer Centre along with officers of my Ministry on 02 December 2024 to take cognisance of the unused medical equipment. I was apprised that some of these unused medical equipment were faulty and needed calibration. Action has been initiated to draw a list of equipment that would be utilised at the National Cancer Centre, while the remaining unused medical equipment will be redistributed to the regional hospitals as per their respective requirements. Additionally, some major equipment were not operational, namely – • one PET Scan; • one brachytherapy, and • one LINAC machine. The PET scan requires alignment and calibration. Moreover, there was a reported delay in the delivery of consumables. The brachytherapy will be a functional shortage with operationalisation at the operations theatre. As for the LINAC machine, one has already been installed while the other is being installed. Both these machines will be functional by mid- January 2025.

85 Madam Speaker, I am further informed that due to a scarcity of anaesthetists and other specialised staff to run the operations theatre, the diagnostic and therapeutic equipment were not being utilised. Active consideration is being given to launching the new onco surgery operations theatre with a new multidisciplinary team of local experienced specialists as of January 2025. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the multidisciplinary team at the National Cancer Centre will be assisted by a foreign oncosurgeon team, headed by Dr. Sriprakash Duraisamy from Chennai, India. He is a renowned consultant with more than 10 years of experience in oncology.

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