TMC is a public hospital with about 1450 beds, 1000 physicians and approximately 3000 employees. In the summer of 2006 the Libyan government allocated a budget of about 800 million dinars (approximately. 470 million euros) specifically for projects and plans in the health sector. Preference is given to non-Libyan consultants and universities, who are selected to bring international know-how and best-practice methods to Libya.
As TMC intends to integrate tumor orthopedics into the spectrum of their own Department of Orthopedics, a tumor course on diagnosis and therapy options for bone and soft tissue tumors was organized specifically for the doctors of this department. In the practical section, a ventral vertebrectomy of the lumbar spine and further operations on extremities in patients with osteosarcomas were performed.