Building stages

Signing a Memorandum of Intent with Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko

Completion of the general construction work

The general construction work is completed

Another important stage in the construction of the first in Russia hospital center for proton therapy

The last preparations for the cyclotron insertion scheduled for June 8.

June 6, 2016, the installation of gantry parts was started. Installation work must be completed on time, regardless of the weather and gloomy sky.

To paraphrase the words of the first person on the moon Neil Armstrong, the opening of the proton center in Russia is a small step for our medical institution, but a giant leap for the whole healthcare system.

Installation of a gantry system

Installation of the beam transfer line system – a gantry.

Equipment installation is under way in the first in Russia proton therapy center

In the first hospital center of proton therapy in Russia the installation of equipment is continuing, the clinical start of the center's work is planned for the fourth quarter of 2017.

The first rotation of the gantry

The mechanical installation of the 1st gantry was completed in the center of proton therapy and its first rotation was made.

The first physical beam of protons was obtained

In the center of proton therapy in St. Petersburg, the first physical beam of protons was obtained at the exit from the cyclotron.

The first proton beam at the exit from the gantry was obtained

In the first in Russia clinical center of proton beam therapy, which is being built in Saint-Petersburg, the first proton beam was obtained at the exit from the gantry - a device, which will target the beam of protons exactly into the patient's cancerous tumor. On-site representatives of the proton equipment manufacturer Varian Medical Systems made sure that the equipment was installed flawlessly and, thus, the first patient would receive treatment on time - in early October 2017. For details see the full article by a correspondent of the Federal News Agency below.