Expanding specialist access to Botswana’s western region (2024, Ghanzi Primary Hospital): 183 outpatient consultations, 18 surgical procedures and 78 mammograms through Medlane’s mobile unit — cutting histopathology turnaround from about eight weeks to ten days.
An outreach focused on expanding specialist access to Botswana's western region, combining outpatient specialist clinics, an operating list, and mobile breast screening.
A significant element of this outreach was diagnostic: by partnering with Medlane's mobile mammography unit and Diagnofirm Laboratories, the team was able to shorten histopathology turnaround dramatically, which in turn shortened the anxious wait between biopsy and treatment decision.
Reducing histopathology turnaround from about eight weeks to ten days changes the clinical picture entirely for patients awaiting a cancer diagnosis — treatment can begin while the disease is still more treatable.
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