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Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco visit Sheikha Fatima Centre for Gynaecological-Mammary Oncology

RABAT: Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Lalla Salma, Chairwoman of the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, visited on Tuesday the Sheikha Fatima Centre for Gynaecological-Mammary Oncology at the National Oncology Institute affiliated to the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat. On this occasion, Queen Letizia and Princess Lalla Salma toured the facility and were given details on the different services it offers. They also followed a presentation by the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, given by deputy director of the foundation Maria Bennani, Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) reported. ''Inaugurated in June 2013, the Sheikha Fatima Centre has received 2,600 cases and carried out 660 surgeries including 60% for breast cancer, said director of the centre Mohamed Jawad Belahcen in a statement to the press. This centre of excellence is among top health facilities in terms of providing specialised health care for Gynaecological-Mammary cancers as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, he said, recalling that the centre has a capacity of 30 beds. The centre consists of five levels: a central pharmacy, a unit of 7 consultation rooms and a colposcopy room, a gynaecological-mammary cancer surgery room, a hospitalisation ward and a research unit. The different units of the centre are expected to accommodate 20,000 annual medical consultations, 650 surgeries and 1,200 hospitalisations. HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the U.A.E. General Women's Union, of the Family Development Foundation, and Princess Lalla Salma, opened the centre on 12th June 2013. The centre was built on a donation offered by Sheikha Fatima. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – Read more: http://www.wam.ae/en/news/arab/1395267831345.html

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