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 Medicine A 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 year postgraduate degree (College of Nuclear Physicians of SA) - 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: September 2014

Expected growth Facilities: – Cameras SPECT/CT PET/CT Gamma camera’s – Human resources Therapy

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