The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday that it has helped repair Libya's only operational radiotherapy machine after a long outage, enabling it to resume essential cancer care for hundreds of patients every month, a UN spokesman said.

Responding to a request from the Libyan medical authorities, the IAEA provided assistance totaling 70,000 U.S. dollars through its technical cooperation program, Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

The radiotherapy machine in the Tripoli Central Hospital, which can treat more than 10,000 patients per year, broke down in September 2015.

"In view of the urgent health need, the IAEA procured spare parts and services from the manufacturer and the machine was brought back to operation," the spokesman said.

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