The ARS Grand Est has decided to renew the radiotherapy authorization in the Ardennes by entrusting its operation to the Godinot Institute, from January 15, for a period of 7 years. Objective, to strengthen the radiotherapy offer in the territory and meet the needs of the department's patients with modernized and adapted equipment.
Explanations from Guillaume Mauffré, Territorial Delegate of the ARS Grand Est in the Ardennes
Today, at the Ardennes radiotherapy center, located at the Clinique du parc in Charleville-Mézières, 450 patients are treated each year. At the same time, the same number of Ardennes residents are forced to go to Reims, particularly because the machine installed in the Ardennes only allows part of the radiotherapy treatments.
The choice of the Godinot Institute to operate this Ardennes radiotherapy center therefore allows an upgrade, with the replacement of the device for much more modern equipment within 3 months, which will allow total management of the all Ardennes treated with radiotherapy. Note that radiotherapy will then move to the departmental oncology center, which will be opened by 2027.
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The radiotherapy spaces of the departmental oncology center (bunker) will then be rented to the Godinot center, which will install a second radiotherapy machine there, by the summer of 2027. All Ardennes suffering from cancer will thus benefit from the care necessary for the management of their treatment (chemotherapy, nuclear medicine, supportive care, and radiotherapy).
The time it takes to replace the current device, due to its obsolescence, will, however, result in patients being directed to the nearest radiotherapy sites, particularly those in Reims, before being able to be treated again, in greater numbers, in Charleville- Mézières, by the end of the first quarter.
