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This Health Facility Is One Of The Oldest Health Institutions In Tanzania Having Been Founded In 1895 By The German Colonial Government At Its Inception The Hospital Catered For German Community Only In 1920The British Colonial Government Followed The Footsteps Of Their Predecessors And Continued To Provide Medical Services And Facilities For European Communities In This Hospitalwhile Africans Had To Fend Forthemselvesafter Independence All Racial Barriers From The Colonial Past Were Removed And The European Hospital Was Re Named The Ocean Road Hospital To Cater For All Races In The Sixties And Seventiesthe Ocean Road Hospital Operated As A Maternity Wing Of The Muhimbili Medical Centremmcin 1980 A Decision Was Made By The Ministry Of Health To Make The Ocean Road Hospital The Hub For Cancer Services In Tanzaniaand The Name Changed To Tanzania Tumor Centrein 1996The Government Established Through Act Of Number 2 An Autonomous National Cancer Institute Called Ocean Road Cancer Instituteorci The Institute Serves More Than 65 000 Patients Per Year Including About 10 000 New Patients And More Than 55 000 Follow Up Patients Coming From All Over The Countrythe Institute Works In Partnership With The Community And Stakeholders To Create And Maintain An Integratedaccessibleand Affordable Cancer Health Care System With Quality Service To Improve Health And Well Being Of Its Patientsorci Offers Inpatients And Outpatient Servicesgeneral Laboratory Servicesdiagnostic Imagingnuclear Medicine Scanschemotherapyradiotherapypalliative Care Servicesvaccination Servicescancer Screeningnuclear Medicine And A Hiv Aids Carethe Hospital Is Growing Exponentially In Human Resourceservicesexpertise And In Revenuesthe Number Of Patients Seen At The Institute Has Dramatically Increased Yearly And Expected To Raise More Due To The Public Awareness Campaign And Public Education