Long Khanh General Hospital launches new CT scanner

04:11, 06/11/2008

(ĐN)- A new VND 6.448 billion Computed Tomography Scanner (CT scanner) has just been installed at Long Khanh General Hospital and it was officially put into use on November 3.

(ĐN)- A new VND 6.448 billion Computed Tomography Scanner (CT scanner) has just been installed  at Long Khanh General Hospital and it was officially put into use on November 3.

 

Earlier, the hospital had bought a 4D ultrasound machine, worth VND 1.2 billion and the machine was put into use in July. The new CT scanner is the second modern medical equipment at the hospital with public investment capital.

Dr. Su Son, Director of the Hospital said that doctors at the hospital will be able to perform skull surgeries in December with support from surgeons from the Ho Chi Minh city based Cho Ray hospital.

The director of the provincial Health Department Tu Thanh Chuong said that the new CT scanner at the hospital would bring real benefits to patients residing in the locality and surrounding areas.

Reported by Tran Bang