Liquid Telecom Zambia, a leading communications solutions provider last week donated electrosurgical unit accessories for equipment critical in the treatment of cancer to Zambia’s largest hospital, the University Teaching Hospital (UTH).
The URO ONCOLOGY equipment will be used to treat all types of Cancer cells (especially prostate cancer). The donation of the advanced Equipment will enable UTH to provide practical training to medical students for specialised cancer treatment.
“It is indeed a great honour to make this contribution to the University Teaching Hospital. A University Teaching Hospital is a vanguard in the medical community due to its nature of developing new and better ways to care for patients through outcomes-based research and the utilisation of new technologies,” said Liquid Telecom Zambia Managing Director, Susan Mulikita.
The equipment will enable UTH to conduct cancer treatment operations with minimal blood loss. The new equipment will help UTH to be more efficient and treat more cancer patients as it reduces the surgery period from six hours to three hours. With this equipment, patients in Zambia will no longer have to travel outside the country for this high-end medical procedure but obtain the services locally.
Although the number of people who are getting screened for cancer has increased over the last number of years, this new development also comes with its own challenges. Treatment centers are disadvantaged when it comes to accurately diagnosing patients and proceeding to treat them with the appropriate technology.
The donation of the advanced Equipment will enable UTH to provide practical training to medical students for specialised cancer treatment. Liquid Telecom Zambia’s commitment is to support the education sector as it ties in directly with the overall ambition of “Building Africa’s Digital Future”.
The handover of the electrosurgical unit accessories is a demonstration of this commitment by Liquid Telecom to improve the quality of education in all areas of learning and offering technological support where necessary.
“I am happy to announce that this is only the beginning of our collaboration with the University Teaching Hospital,” the Liquid Telecom Zambia Managing Director revealed.
Liquid Telecom Zambia continues to work relentlessly to build a network like no other in Zambia; one that delivers benefits to all customers, from the largest corporate to the one man with his phone on the street.
The company provides leading cloud-based services, such as Microsoft Office365, Microsoft Azure and innovative digital content provision including Netflix and Kwesé TV across its fibre footprint.
Photo below is the Liquid Telecom equipment presentation to the UTH
