neonatal

In 2015, Sergio and Emma Petrucci faced every parent’s worst nightmare when their daughter Luna needed heart surgery just before her second birthday. Luna, now nine, was diagnosed with two holes in her heart during a routine check-up and cardiologists made the decision she would need surgery. The work performed by Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital has […]

Fujifilm engineer Michael Wade, lead general radiographer Andrea Hulme, paediatric radiographer Sam Ruderham, Fujifilm senior account manager John Casson and applications specialist Alex Worsley. Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital’s radiology department was looking for a cost-effective option when upgrading its CR mobile and has chosen a solution from Fujifilm that offers flexibility. “Image quality was a […]

The Ashton family, ward staff and the Wardray team enjoy a brighter environment in the neonatal transition room. An area of Royal Oldham Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit that was previously nicknamed ‘the cave’ has been given a facelift after fundraising by grateful parents.  Gill and Matthew Ashton raised the money following the care that […]

Award recipients Dr Ashok Raghavan, Dr Amaka Offiah, Dr Marta Cohen and Dr Elspeth Whitby with BIR president Dr David Wilson, Bayer HealthCare northern regional business manager Ute Kallenbach and business development and marketing manager, MRI, Zoe Morton. A team at Sheffield Children’s Hospital has been awarded the BIR/Bayer ‘Make it Better’ service award  for […]

Steven Foreman from the neonatal intensive care unit at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, with Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound sales specialist David Sayer. Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, has purchased a Toshiba Aplio 300 ultrasound systems with PVT712BT transducer to support general scanning and cardiac imaging. Queen Charlotte’s is a tertiary referral maternity unit with a nationally […]