# Cancer Institute of Guyana

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## TL;DR

A non-profit radiotherapy centre on the grounds of the public hospital in Georgetown, run since 2006 as a partnership with the Ministry of Health. It is the one radiotherapy centre the international directory lists in Guyana.

## Summary

The Cancer Institute of Guyana says it is a non-profit organisation operating since 2006 as a project between the Ministry of Health and Global Imaging Services, on the Georgetown Public Hospital compound, with a mission to provide evaluation, radiation treatment at a subsidised cost and follow-up. Its site describes external beam radiotherapy and chemotherapy. IAEA DIRAC lists it at Lamaha Street as the one radiotherapy centre in Guyana, with one linear accelerator, one brachytherapy unit and a CT scanner (entry last updated 2024). Coordinates are DIRAC's.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: CIG
- City: Georgetown, GY
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://cancerinstituteguyana.com

## Sources

- Cancer Institute of Guyana: about us: https://cancerinstituteguyana.com/about_us.html
- IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres, equipment by operator: https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight

## Connected records

- institutions: [Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation](https://onco.cc/institutions/gphc-guyana/), [Guyana Ministry of Health](https://onco.cc/institutions/moh-guyana/), [International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope](https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/)

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