SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA \
NATIONAL RADIOTHERAPY INSTITUTE”
(INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE RADIOTERAPIA)
Avenida Alfonso Ugarte, Lima, Peru
The Peruvian National Institute of Radiotherapy, was authorieed by
Law No. 8892 of May ll, 1939, and opened ita clinics on September 19, 1940. It is dedicated to the study and prevention of cancer, and to the furthering of specialized University training in the subject; is to have al1 modern equipment for the early treatment and cure of cancer, and will supervise educational and social work against cancer. At present its chief function is the treatment of cancer, but it is planned to enlarge facilities in the future to permit research work. The Institute is also carrying on an extensive educational campaign.
The Institute occupies a new and modern building, of five stories, with two four-story wings, and is equipped with apparatus for X-ray diagnosis, X-ray therapy, and general radio-therapy, and has been given the use of a gram of radium owned by the Public Welfare Society (Soc2edad de Benejicencia PGblZca) . It also has a complete physiotherapy department. There is a Laboratory of Hematology, Serology and ’ Histopathology, and a surgical ward. Clinics include those of general medicine, surgery, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, oto-rhino- laryngology, stomatology, and others.
The hospital facilities are sufficient for 100 patients, including both free and paying patients, and the number of beds can be increased if necessary.
One floor has been reserved for technical personnel and nurses, and it is planned also for the Institute to open a training school for specializ- ation.
By the end of June, 1941, the Institute had treated 575 persona.
* One of aseri~ of papers describing the principal sciantifio imtitutions in Latin America.
