The Radiotherapy Oncology consultations at the Doctor José Molina Orosa University Hospital, a center attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, have attended to 1,747 patients in the first year of service. For its part, the linear accelerator, which began operating in December 2023, has treated 137 patients in a total of 1,519 radiotherapy sessions.
Since its launch in June of last year, the Radiotherapy Oncology Unit of Molina Orosa has registered significant activity and has attended to 1,747 patients in their successive reviews after completing treatment. These consultations have allowed evaluating the evolution of patients, monitoring the response to treatments, detecting possible complications, controlling relapses, and advising patients without needing to travel to the reference hospital in Gran Canaria, as was the case previously.
The head of the service, Marta Lloret, values the results of this first year of activity and assures that "it is a significant achievement to be able to offer follow-up consultations at Molina Orosa, facilitating our patients' continuity of care without the need to travel outside the island".
Activity of the linear accelerator
On the other hand, the linear accelerator of the Lanzarote Hospital, launched last December, has treated 137 patients in a total of 1,519 radiotherapy sessions.
Most of the patients are initially evaluated at the Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria by the team of specialized radiation oncologists, and receive their treatment in the new unit of Molina Orosa, which has represented a significant advance in local oncological care and has reduced the dependence on services in other islands.
This work approach also guarantees a quality treatment adapted to each person and allows patients from Lanzarote access to highly complex treatments available in large hospitals.
On the other hand, around 20% of patients have received comprehensive palliative treatment in these first six months at Molina Orosa. Palliative treatments include urgent interventions, try to relieve pain, and provide essential care to frail patients without the need to be transferred.
The head of Oncology at the Molina Orosa Hospital, Cynthia González, emphasizes that "for these more fragile patients, being able to receive comprehensive treatment in Lanzarote means a great improvement in their quality of life, as it avoids trips to Gran Canaria and allows a more personalized and humanized approach".
Nursing Activity
The activity of the Nursing team has also been notable since the opening of the bunker and has registered a total of 534 consultations and procedures, which highlight the crucial role of nurses in the care of cancer patients.
New Technologies
The Doctor José Molina Orosa University Hospital has implemented a pioneering system in the Canary Islands for verifying the positioning of patients before each radiotherapy session, which will improve and guarantee the precision and effectiveness of treatments.
