Champion rower opens CT centre

With Katherine Grainger are consultant oncologist Dr Richard Brown, consultant ENT surgeon Mr Christopher Aldren, senior radiographer Melanie Weeden, Toshiba Medical Systems account executive Mark Foxall, consultant gastroenterologist Dr Sass Levi, consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Michael Thomas, consultant radiologists Dr Seema Agrawalla and Dr Anil Kumar, consultant urologist Mr Omer Karim and consultant ENT surgeon Mr Ram Moorthy.

Olympic rowing gold medallist Katherine Grainger, CBE, stepped ashore to open the Bridge Clinic Advanced Imaging Centre in Maidenhead.

The centre has invested in a Toshiba Aquilion One scanner and is now able to offer patients low dose imaging with greater accuracy for early diagnosis of cancer, cardiac, MSK and neurological conditions.

Consultant ENT surgeon and director Mr Ram Moorthy said: “We are delighted to be able to offer state-of-the-art imaging to patients in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and the wider Thames Valley.  The scanner is NICE approved for cardiac CT and provides high quality images for all specialities including urology, orthopaedics, ENT and oncology.  We are able to share scans with the surrounding hospitals using IEP, giving consultants immediate access and providing a more efficient service for patients.”

See the full report on page 17 of the June 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.