MHLW To Provide Hospitals Financial Support To Grow Oncology Medical Staff
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans a new system to retain young oncology medical staff in regional hospitals. Utilizing a current network that links cancer treating hospitals together, the ministry plans to provide ¥51 million to each facility to support surgeons, chemotherapy and radiation technicians and palliative care specialists. The program is to start in 2010 and will select as many as 10 facilities. (Click here for more - Japanese language
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