Ireland

Blackrock Health has made a €1.5m investment in the Philips Spectral CT 7500 at its Galway clinic. The system provides advanced diagnostic capabilities through a single spectral scan, enabling accurate diagnoses and reducing treatment times. It serves radiology, cardiology, oncology, neurology and emergency/trauma care. The Spectral CT 7500 is said to enable diagnosis times up […]

Blackrock Health, combining Blackrock, Hermitage, Galway and Limerick Clinics, has announced €16 million investment in a new dedicated women’s health centre which will be named Blackrock Health Womens Health Centre. The centre will be the most comprehensive private, consultant-led women’s health centre of its kind in Ireland. Planning permission was granted recently for the state-of-the-art […]

Aptvision will deliver its visionRIS Enterprise suite to Beacon Hospital, a private hospital located in Dublin, and its satellite site in Limerick. “Aptvision is delighted to be working with Beacon Hospital and its newly-appointed PACS provider Intelerad to implement a state-of-the-art diagnostics platform,” commented Aptvision business development director Anthony Dooher. The project, which goes live […]

St Vincent’s Private Hospital (SVPH) in Dublin, part of St Vincent’s Healthcare Group, has formed a 10-year value partnership worth €40 million with Siemens Healthineers, the first of its kind in the Republic of Ireland. The partnership includes advanced AI technology and ensures the provision, maintenance and replacement of more than 50 key radiology and […]

Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, has installed a Canon Aquilion One Prism Edition CT system and a Carestream DRX Evolution Plus x-ray room in its redesigned emergency radiology suite. “Having a CT, x-ray machine and reporting room located in the emergency department has significantly improved the radiology service,” commented RSM 3 Laura Gannon. “Patients have less […]

The largest consultant-led private radiology services provider in the Munster region upgrades from CR to DR with long-term vendor Agfa. The Valory ceiling-suspended radiography room fits in the limited space available at the hospital, but offers a functionality that goes far beyond the usual basics. Benefits for the University Hospital Radiology Group include faster exams, […]

The first Siemens Healthineers Magnetom Prisma 3.0T MRI system in Ireland has been installed to support researchers at Trinity College Dublin in a series of neuroscience projects including research into brain development, Alzheimer’s and autism. The equipment will expand neuroscience research capabilities at the university in the FOUNDCOG infant imaging project, one of three projects […]

Imaging equipment procurement company Future Medical organised the removal of a 2007 GE Healthcare Discovery STE 64 PETCT from St James’s Hospital, Dublin. The 5,500kg system was loaded onto wooden pallets for transport to the loading area. The equipment was moved on rubber wheels for floor protection, with the added use of boards and steel […]