TIRANA, November 27/ATA/ Minister of Health and Social Protection Albana Koçiu held a meeting in Vienna with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi and Deputy Director General, Head of the Technical Cooperation Department Hua Liu.
During the meeting, Minister Koçiu and Grossi discussed the importance of nuclear technology applications in healthcare and the support that the IAEA has provided to strengthen our medical and scientific capacities.
Minister Koçiu emphasized that, “Thanks to this cooperation, we have achieved significant improvements in the infrastructure of diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, radiation protection and the professional development of our healthcare personnel”.
“One of the concrete projects being implemented is the installation of a new linear accelerator at the “Mother Teresa” University Hospital Center (QSUT) in Tirana, adding advanced techniques for cancer treatment and further improving the quality of radiotherapy services in Albania”, said the minister.
Also, within the framework of cooperation with the IAEA, Koçiu announced that, “We are working to bring for the first time the PET-CT hybrid imaging device, a major step in the early diagnosis of oncological diseases”.
“This device will enable earlier and more accurate identification of cancer, significantly increasing the sessions for effective treatment and longevity”, said Koçiu after this meeting held on the sidelines of the Ministerial “Science, Technology, Nuclear Applications and Technical Cooperation Program”, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). /p.s./
