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New hospital scanner is making a difference already
A NEW £750,000 CT scanner which helps to assess trauma head injuries and strokes has been installed at Peterborough District Hospital.
A NEW 750,000 CT scanner which helps to assess trauma head injuries and strokes has been installed at Peterborough District Hospital.And the state-of-the-art machine, which is up and running at the city hospital, has already dramatically improved waiting times for patients across the city.
About 300 patients per week can now receive a CT scan at the hospital in Thorpe Road.
The Computerised Tomography (CT) scanner is an advanced Toshiba "64-slice" machine scanner, which takes 64 images per rotation of the tube – four times more than the existing scanner.
This means that whole body can be scanned, and those concentrated on a specific area can be done in just a few seconds and far more detailed scans can be produced for doctors to examine.
Radiology services manager Randle Milne said: "The new CT scanner has already made a tremendous difference and has helped the trust to dramatically reduce patient waiting times to well within the Government's 18-week target.
"The results from the scanner are fantastic and it is helping clinicians make accurate and faster diagnoses."
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