NAGPUR: State medical education minister Amit Deshmukh told the legislature on Wednesday that some technical issues are causing delay in purchase of linear accelerator (LINAC) equipment for Government Medical College’s cancer unit. Approved in 2018, the new LINAC machines will replace the existing cobalt-based radiotherapy machines.
The minister added that construction of new building on the campus is expected to start in a few months.
A LINAC customizes high energy x-rays or electrons to conform to a tumor's shape and destroy cancer cells while sparing surrounding normal tissue.
