Equipment breakdown causes delays in cancer treatment

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — When you are battling cancer, treatments are vital, for some Oklahomans, theirs are now delayed.

This is due to a breakdown involving a vital piece of equipment.

The patient says the news came as a surprise, and he was not given another option of proton therapy.

However, the Proton Center says they alerted their patients and gave them other options.

"This is a really, really complex medical device," David Raubach, Chief Development Officer at the Oklahoma Proton Center, said. "And from time to time, there's a part that we have to go in and replace them. Right now, there's a part, specifically a transformer, that we're needing to go in and replace."

This is a cause for concern for cancer patients like Bruce Jorgensen.

"They emphasize that it was necessary for me