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'We Did Nothing Wrong'
By John McCormick
2004-03-04
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'We Did Nothing Wrong' - ' Panama' (
Page 9 of 10 ) ’s Cancer Institute Base Case">
Organization: National Cancer Institute
Headquarters: Gorgas Hospital, Ancon Hill, Panama Canal Zone, Panama
Mission: To treat and cure patients with cancer.
Director: Juan Pablo Bares, M.D.
Financials: Funded by the Panamanian government.
Challenge: Find resources to treat a patient load that has more than quadrupled since 1997, with 10 to 15 new patients a day.
Baseline Goals:
- Improve quality-assurance programs, to avoid accidental patient deaths or injuries.
- Install third linear accelerator, to shorten waiting list for cancer treatments.
- Eliminate subsidies paid to private hospitals for overflow work, which has cost the government $10 million over the past three years.
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