Two mobile medical units equipped with computed tomography, mammography and ultrasound diagnostic machines will operate in remote settlements of the Zhambyl region. The equipment was purchased with support from the Qazaqstan Halqyna fund so that rural doctors can detect cancer at early stages, infohub.kz reports.
According to the Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology, the mobile units cost 1.1 billion tenge. The regional budget has already allocated 55 million tenge for their stable operation, and a special garage has been built for the vehicles.
One of the units is equipped with a computed tomography scanner, while the second has mammography and ultrasound equipment.
"Now residents of remote settlements will be able to undergo all necessary examinations without traveling to the regional center and will receive medical care near their place of residence," the statement says.
The Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology emphasized that the acquisition of these mobile units is an important step toward improving access to diagnostics for rural residents.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that artificial intelligence has significantly accelerated the process of diagnosing cancer in Kazakhstan. In particular, thanks to the introduction of neural networks, the time needed to interpret images has been reduced from forty to ten minutes. In addition, the total duration of screening for Kazakhstanis has been cut from a whole month to just three days.
Also, MP Sergey Ponomarev said the day before that a ready-made AI system for detecting lung cancer is sitting idle in the country. He asked the prime minister to resolve the issue so that Kazakhstanis could receive timely care.