Government hold-up blamed for delay in cancer machine

I LEARNED from a most reliable source that there are very important requirements that the Government needs to fulfil before bringing a Cobalt-60 teletherapy marchine into the country for the treatment of cancer. It seems that the government is delaying this process.
The requirements are that the government should have Radiation Safety Law and PNG must be a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The use of ionizing radiation in medicine, energy production, industry, and research brings enormous benefits to people when it is used safely.
However, the potential radiation risk must be assessed and controlled.
The IAEA develops safety standards to protect the health and minimise the danger to people’s life and property associated with such use.
The government is tight-lipped when cancer issues are raised simply because these requirements are being delayed for far too long.
This is a mandatory requirement, without this, the linear accelerator machines for radiation therapy cannot be brought into the country.
A Bill to this effect was supposed to have been tabled in Parliament. What has happened to it?
How long will the people of Papua New Guinea wait for this Bill to pass so we can start saving lives?
The minister for health should take a proactive role and push the Bill through Parliament and get it passed as a matter of urgency.
With this information, now we know where the buck stops.
Cancer is killing many people already and those in positions of authority should look into this matter immediately, get the necessary policy framework done and buy the machine to treat patients.

Concerned