GOVT’S EFFORTS TO SAVE EMASWATI FROM CANCER

EZULWINI - The Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs, working hand in hand with stakeholders, is developing Radiation Safety to save emaSwati from cancer.
Radiation safety is a set of practices and precautions aimed at protecting people from the harmful effects of radiation. The Minister for Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Jane Simelane, yesterday called upon all stakeholders to join hands and support the government in the process of formulating the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Act and the regulations in order to speed up all the crucial activities that rely on these pieces of legislation. The minister stated that the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Bill had already been tabled in Parliament as is in the legislative process.

Yesterday, the minister met with all the stakeholders among government ministries and departments including the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Tinkhundla Administration and Development, as well as the police among others during a workshop, where these experts in their various fields were sensitised and made the necessary recommendations to the regulations. The formation of the regulations is crucial in operating some pieces of the proposed legislation. The minister noted that without the legislation, the country cannot offer some medical services especially those where radiation and nuclear is used such as chemotherapy and other forms of radiotherapy.

Speaking during the workshop said the proposed law is not in the health sector only as there are so many sectors that use radiation.  She went on to state that the reason they worked on the regulations even before the law was passed was to speed up the process so that once the law is passed, the regulations will also be tabled to operationalise the sections that require regulations. The minister said the public will also be sensitised, because some of the areas where the radiation would be used are within communities therefore, the public needs to know how to be safe around these areas.  She highlighted that radiation works in all sectors, hence the ministry notes the mammoth task ahead of it in terms of sensitising the nation about their safety.

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