{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"santos-hospitals-add-radiotherapy-capacity-with-two-linear-accelerators-2026-10-17","available_at":"2026-10-18T21:11:04.972015Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"845e82a5a80926059e86824aca73c286243b91d882357df176144389102cbf87","input_sha256":"34ec8c63c8e2d1d637bef708fd7fd0904fc2a653fa2d0c74547cf8bf9b56afc5","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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A second device is to be available at the city’s Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital, so the announcement does not say both hospitals were operating new equipment that day.","The ministry said each device can provide 720 radiotherapy procedures annually and that the two units involve an investment of 17.5 million reais. 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