Tomo-Therapy & Linear Accelerators

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This fund collection started somewhere in 2019 or even earlier and was not without controversy. The hospital Director at that time said this fund has nothing do with the hospital and was initiated by Mohamed under his Fight Cancer Team (FCT). Basically he stressed that it did not have the hospital’s approval and was “abusing the hospital name" and he cannot be held resposible for the finances in there.

Here's a recent statement by the current hospital Director.

"The Director of Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, Dr. Aruna Jayasekara, has advised the public not to contribute to a fundraising campaign reportedly aimed at purchasing Tomo-Therapy and Linear Accelerator machines for the hospital.
Dr. Jayasekara clarified that this campaign, initially suspended four years ago, has been restarted by an unidentified group despite instructions to halt it.

Previously, the hospital collected Rs. 200 million from the public to buy a PET scanner, which was successfully purchased. However, acquiring Tomo-Therapy and Linear Accelerators requires Rs. 1 billion.

Since only Rs. 200 million has been raised, the collected amount will instead be used to purchase a CT Simulator machine. The account handling these funds is under the Ministry of Health, and further contributions are unnecessary, according to Dr. Jayasekara.

The Director also indicated that the project may be revived once a new Minister of Health assumes office."

PS: This is an expensive procedure and costs about 6,500 USD in India for a treatment course between 24 - 30 sessions.
Personally I believe that the funds could be raised by a proper hospital initiated crowd-funding project.
But there are other appreciable incidental expenses during the installation and also in running it.