Nuclear Medicine South Africa

Dr N.Soni

South Africa

• Population ~ 52 million with a 1,2% annual growth

• ~ 2800 km of coastline• GDP ~ 384 billion USD• 11 Official languages• 9 provinces

Nuclear MedicineA trip down memory lane

– 1948: Import of radioisotope for medical use – 1952: First sodium iodide counter – Pretoria

General Hospital– 1964:First rectilinear scanner – CSIR Pretoria– 1969:First gamma camera – Pretoria General

Hospital– 2006:First PET/CT scanner in the public sector –

IALCH Durban

The Specialty

• Independent specialty since 1987• 4 year postgraduate degree (College of Nuclear

Physicians of SA) - www.collegemedsa.ac.za• Training Institutions:– Western Cape: Cape Town and Stellenbosch– Free State: Bloemfontein– Gauteng: Johannesburg and Pretoria– Kwazulu Natal: Durban

• Functional Departments: – Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Kwazulu Natal

Industry

• Cyclotrons– State owned (2):

• Itemba labs – Western Cape• NECSA – Pretoria

- Private:• Pretoria

• Service providers:– AEC Amersham– AXIM– Covidien– PET Labs– NTP

Facilities

• Camera’s(Public and Private):– PET/CT: 10• Private = 6• Public = 4

– SPECT/CT: 9• Private = 4• Public = 5

– Gamma: approximately 100

South African Society of Nuclear Medicine(SASNM)

• Established in 1974• One of the oldest NM societies in Africa• ~ 200 Members:

– Nuclear Physicians– Radiographers– Medical Physicists– Radiopharmacists– Radiochemists– Industry

• Biennial conference: – Next conference – 2014 – Venue: Maharani Hotel, Durban– Date: 19-21 September 2014

Expected growth

• Facilities:– Cameras • SPECT/CT• PET/CT• Gamma camera’s

– Human resources• Therapy

Thank Youwww.sasnm.com