South West Acute Hospital equips with Siemens
Pictured with a Ysio 2D Wireless DR system is Siemens Healthcare project manager Jim Seymour, consultant radiologist Dr Padraig Conneally, head of healthcare Siemens Ireland Kevin Dand, senior radiographer Mary Sheridan, account manager Grania Heal and senior radiographer Shelley Calvert.
Opened by Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen is said to be one of the best-equipped hospitals in Europe. The Western Health and Social Care Trust has invested in the latest in MRI, CT, interventional angiography and digital x-ray technologies from Siemens Healthcare for its radiology department.
It is the first new hospital to be built in Northern Ireland in more than 20 years and delivers services including acute medicine, A&E, critical care, imaging and diagnostics.
“Siemens offered us an excellent range of equipment in all modalities, with an exceedingly competitive initial capital cost and on-going cost of ownership but more importantly superb image quality,” said consultant radiologist Dr Padraig Conneally
See the full report on page 11 of the November 2012 issue of RAD Magazine.
