Instituto Oncologico Nacional
| Instituto Oncológico Nacional | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location |
Gorgas Street, Ancon, |
| Coordinates | 8°57′36.61″N 79°32′44.58″W / 8.9601694°N 79.5457167°WCoordinates: 8°57′36.61″N 79°32′44.58″W / 8.9601694°N 79.5457167°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Beds | 143 |
| Speciality | Cancer |
| History | |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.ion.gob.pa |
| Lists | Hospitals in Panama |
Gorgas Street, Ancon,
Building 254
The National Oncologic Institute or ION (Spanish: Instituto Oncologico Nacional) is a specialized hospital for cancer treatment, located in Panama City, Panama. Between August 2000 and March 2001, patients receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer and cancer of the cervix received lethal doses of radiation, resulting in 17 fatalities.
On 1936, President Juan Demóstenes Arosemena (a physician), conceived the creation of the National Radiologic Institute, an institution dedicated to treat cancer. The treatments were given on the Santo Tomas Hospital and on the former Panama Hospital.
On September 18, 1940, during the administration of President Augusto Boyd, the new facilities of the National Radiologic Institute were inaugurated, giving it its own building. The Institute was part of the Santo Tomas Hospital. This institute had 4 doctors, 3 nurses, and 40 beds. The treatments they had were radiotherapy, implantation of Radium needles, injections of hydrogenated mustard and surgery.
The institute had a passive handling of cancer, because the treatment of cancer given at the time was to ease pain in patients.
On 1965, a more active role in the battle against cancer is started, when the latest advancements of the time are applied in the detection and treatment of this illness.
Later that year the National Radiologic Institute was renamed Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Cancerologic Center, as a recognition of the work of this physician and creator of the institution. A cobalt-60 pump was acquired.
On 1980, the institution begins relations with the government of Japan, that was interested on the treatment of cancer in Panama, and by which a donation of medical and surgical equipment, including ultrasound, X-rays, and others are acquired.
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