Meet Dr. Catherine Nyongesa of Texas Cancer Centre

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Catherine Nyongesa.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
Texas Cancer Centre was started in June 2010 in response to a gap in the East African region where clients we’re unable to promptly access specialized cancer treatment services. Currently, the Centre offers laboratory and diagnostic procedures, cancer screening, prevention, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment services and palliative care.

Owing to a constrained public-sector health system, growing population, introduction of new and modern medical technologies and increased cancer awareness in Kenya the Centre wants to expand by opening its new ultra-modern chemotherapy Centre.

TEXAS CANCER CENTRE STATISTICS:
-(YEAR 2016 REPORT)
MALE 1,211
FEMALE 2,226

Top four common Cancer cases:
Type of cancer Total number Age group Male Female
Ca breast 701 < 28-70> 16 685
Ca cervix 470 <30-82> – 470
Ca oesophagus 247 < 39-89> 132 115
Ca prostate 224 <48-90> 224

-(YEAR 2017 REPORT)
MALE 1,561
FEMALE 2,532

Top four common Cancer cases:
Type of cancer Total number Age group Male Female
Ca breast 644 <30-70> 11 633
Ca cervix 526 <30-70> – 526
Ca esophagus 359
Ca prostate 288

Year new patients:
2014 718
2015 2154
2016 3558
2017 4,087

Has it been a smooth road?
It has been rough financially we had to take bank loans. Patients coming with advanced stage cancer increasing numbers of patients seeking treatment over the years.

We’d love to hear more about your business.
The Centre offers laboratory and diagnostic procedures, cancer screening, prevention, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment services and palliative care. Owing to a constrained public-sector health system, growing population, introduction of new and modern medical technologies and increased cancer awareness in Kenya the Centre wants to expand by opening its new ultra-modern chemotherapy Centre. We are only focused on compassionate cancer care reaching out to offer affordable cancer treatment.

Is our city a good place to do what you do?
From our statistics, cancer burden is higher in Nairobi. However, most of patients from rural areas fail to reach the city. Nearly half of the patients who visited our hospitals in 2016 – 47 percent – were from Nairobi.

“Only one out of every two patients lived outside Nairobi,”

60 percent of cancer patients seeking treatment are women. So more focused approach to this group.

Pricing:

• radiotherapy basic 3,000 ksh per session
• chemotherapy basic 10,000 25,000 ksh per cycle, secondline 50,000 to 100,000 per cycle. complex chemo upto 150,000 ksh per cycle

Contact Info:

• Website: texascancercentre.co.ke
• Email: texascancercentre@gmail.com , catherinenyongesa@yahoo.com
• Phone: +254716279632
• Email: info@texascancercentre.co.ke
• Facebook: Texas Cancer Center

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