{"entity":{"id":"sir-ketumile-masire-teaching-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH)","aka":["SKMTH","Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital Gaborone"],"tldr":"A public teaching hospital in Gaborone whose radiotherapy centre, opened in 2023 with help from the International Atomic Energy Agency, treats cancer patients from Botswana and neighbouring countries.","summary":"The radiotherapy centre at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital in Gaborone was opened by the Minister of Health, Edwin Dikoloti, on 27 July 2023, with IAEA support including its Rays of Hope initiative; the UN in Botswana described it as the country's first public radiotherapy centre. The minister said it would reduce government spending on cancer care abroad and waiting times, and serve patients from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and elsewhere, as well as teaching and research. IAEA DIRAC, with the entry updated in 2025, lists one linear accelerator and brachytherapy. The coordinates are DIRAC's.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"UN in Botswana: Botswana opens its first public radiotherapy centre, with IAEA support (August 2023)","url":"https://botswana.un.org/en/243955-botswana-opens-its-first-public-radiotherapy-centre-iaea-support"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy equipment by centre (read 11 November 2026)","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["botswana-ministry-of-health","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Gaborone","country":"BW","lat":-24.628,"lng":25.923,"institutionType":"hospital","programs":["Radiotherapy (one linear accelerator in IAEA DIRAC, from July 2023)","Brachytherapy"]},"route":"/institutions/sir-ketumile-masire-teaching-hospital/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"iaea","kind":"institution","name":"International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope","route":"/institutions/iaea/"},{"id":"botswana-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministry of Health, Botswana","route":"/institutions/botswana-ministry-of-health/"}]}}