{"entity":{"id":"windhoek-central-hospital-oncology","kind":"institution","name":"Dr A.B. May Cancer Care Centre, Windhoek Central Hospital","aka":["Windhoek Central Hospital, Radiation Oncology Department","Dr AB May Cancer Care Centre"],"tldr":"The public cancer centre at Windhoek Central Hospital, where state patients with cancer are assessed and treated. It has two cobalt radiotherapy machines and brachytherapy.","summary":"The Dr A.B. May Cancer Care Centre is part of Windhoek Central Hospital, one of Namibia's two large state hospitals. The African Cancer Registry Network's page says that cancer patients, private or state, are supposed to be sent to it or to the Namibia Oncology Centre for assessment and possible treatment, that its admissions nurses complete the registry's forms, and that its staff help the registry with data input. IAEA DIRAC, with the entry updated in 2024, lists the hospital's radiation oncology department with two cobalt-60 units, brachytherapy and a CT scanner. The coordinates are DIRAC's.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"African Cancer Registry Network: Namibian National Cancer Registry","url":"https://afcrn.org/index.php/membership/membership-list/125-nambiancr"},{"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":["namibia-ministry-of-health","namibia-national-cancer-registry"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Windhoek","country":"NA","lat":-22.551,"lng":17.075,"institutionType":"cancer-center","programs":["Radiotherapy (two cobalt-60 units in IAEA DIRAC)","Brachytherapy"]},"route":"/institutions/windhoek-central-hospital-oncology/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"namibia-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia","route":"/institutions/namibia-ministry-of-health/"},{"id":"namibia-national-cancer-registry","kind":"institution","name":"Namibian National Cancer Registry","route":"/institutions/namibia-national-cancer-registry/"}]}}