2024-03-27 03:16:00
San José, March 26 (EFE).- The Government of Nicaragua reported this Tuesday from Managua that it signed with Russia a memorandum of understanding to develop a Nuclear Medicine Center in the Central American country.
The signing of the roadmap for the development of cooperation between Moscow and Managua within the framework of the construction project of a Nuclear Medicine Center in the Republic of Nicaragua took place during the second day of the ATOMEXPO2024 International Forum in Sochi, Russia.
The document was signed by the general director of Health Services of the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua, Dr. Óscar Vásquez, and the general director of the State Corporation ‘Rosatom Health Technologies’, Ígor Obrubov.
The main specialization of the future center will be cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to information from Managua.
Likewise, it addresses training and education issues in the field of nuclear medicine and related fields, he added.
The Nuclear Medicine Center will allow us to reach a qualitatively new level in the diagnosis and treatment of socially significant diseases and expand access to modern nuclear medicine technologies for doctors and patients in Nicaragua, explained the Nicaraguan official.
For his part, the Russian counterpart said that ‘Rosatom’, the entity he heads, “takes a comprehensive approach when solving tasks in the field of healthcare.”
“Its activities include the production of isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, the development and production of high-tech medical equipment and the construction of medical infrastructure facilities,” Obrubov said.
He added that they are pleased to collaborate with the Republic of Nicaragua “in expanding opportunities and access to nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes to preserve and improve health.”
Subsequently, the Nicaraguan delegation held a meeting with the deputy general director of ‘Rosatom’, Nicolái Spasskiy, and the deputy head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Natalia Shevchenko, where the steps to follow in carrying out the roadmap were established. .
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, is the main ally in Central America of the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
Russia is a former ally of Nicaragua that during the first Sandinista Government (1979-1990) provided Soviet weapons to the Nicaraguan Armed Forces.EFE
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