Santos receives radiotherapy accelerator, with a second device planned
Brazil’s Health Ministry said two linear accelerators are being made available for public-system patients in Santos, with combined capacity of up to 1,440 procedures a year.
Event / data period: 2026-10-17
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According to the ministry’s 17 October statement, Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Santos received a modern linear accelerator for treating patients in Brazil’s public health system, SUS. 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. It cited an estimate of 3,896 new cancer cases per year among SUS-dependent residents of the Baixada Santista and Vale do Ribeira region, with radiotherapy indicated for 72%; the equipment capacity is not a count of treatments already delivered.
Data
New radiotherapy equipment by hospital
Status of the two Santos hospitals reported in Brazil’s Health Ministry statement of 17 October.
| Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Santos | A modern linear accelerator was reported available on 17 October for SUS radiotherapy patients. |
| Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital, Santos | A second linear accelerator was reported as due to become available; the statement did not give an operating date. |
Methodology
The table summarizes only the ministry’s statements on equipment availability; it does not show actual treatment volumes at either hospital.
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