Overview
- President Alfonso Rueda told Parliament the ProteusONE cyclotron will reach the Santiago proton therapy site this weekend.
- Commissioning begins with this installation, with the Xunta projecting clinical operation in the last quarter of 2026.
- About 20 operators are in training, and 12 equipment containers arrived in October under supplier supervision, with the unit shipping from Belgium to the port of Vigo.
- The regional government says this will be the first proton therapy center of its kind in Spain’s public health system.
- The project totals roughly €20 million and plans to treat patients from Galicia, Asturias, Castilla y León and northern Portugal.