Nairobi, Dec. 9 -- The waiting time for radiotherapy services at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) more than doubled in the financial year ended June 2025, dealing a blow to cancer patients amid repeated breakdowns of key medical machines.

Radiotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

Latest data shows radiotherapy wait times at Kenya's top referral hospital jumped to an average of 37 days from 18 days in the previous financial year.

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This was more than twice the target of 17 days, with the hospital attributing this to machine breakdown and increased demand for the service.

"In the financial year 2022/23 and 2024/25,...