The National Oncology Centre

The National Oncology Centre will transform the way in which cancer is treated in Trinidad and Tobago by assembling specialists, facilities, technology and treatments in the same place, thereby increasing patients’ chances of recovery.

The Centre will serve as the country’s main treatment facility for cancer, offering a sustainable, comprehensive, state-of-the-art system of cancer control. This Centre is intended to offer diagnosis and treatment including a twenty-one station Chemotherapy Suite. The facility will include all major and minor medical equipment including Linear Accelerators, PET/CT scanner, with furniture and fixtures necessary to provide the proposed services.

The modern, three-storey ambulatory cancer care facility, which will be located on the compound of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) at Mount Hope, will be approximately 6,600 square metres.

This National Oncology Centre will offer cancer patients and their families several services including Imaging/MRI Scanning, Diagnostic, Radiation with Shielded Treatment Bunkers, HDR Brachytherapy, Cyclotron Facility, CT Stimulation Suite with Treatment Planning, Outpatient Clinic Services, Same-Day Surgical Services, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy. It will also be outfitted to accommodate teaching.

UDeCOTT is taking steps to putting those citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who may be facing the battle against cancer in the best position to win.