Sunday, February 8, 2009

Apollo to invest Rs 80 cr to buy cancer treatment systems (India)

It sounds like the intention to buy more CKs is solid:

>>Apollo to invest Rs 80 cr to buy cancer treatment system

Chennai: Apollo Hospitals expects to invest about Rs 80 crore in acquiring two CyberKnife – a robotic radio surgery system.

Addressing a press conference after setting up the first CyberKnife facility in Chennai, Dr Prathap C. Reddy, Executive Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the company plans to set up two more robotic radio surgery systems in two cities but the locations are yet to be decided. This system is designed to treat tumours anywhere in the body with sub-millimetre accuracy.

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