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Hospitals to receive £4m scanners Hospitals to receive £4m scanners
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A health board has announced a £4m investment into state-of-the-art CT and MRI scanners.A health board has announced a £4m investment into state-of-the-art CT and MRI scanners.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the scanners would provide patients with a higher standard of clinical care.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the scanners would provide patients with a higher standard of clinical care.
The CT scanners will be used to assist accident and emergency services in Glasgow's Southern General Hospital and Royal Infirmary.The CT scanners will be used to assist accident and emergency services in Glasgow's Southern General Hospital and Royal Infirmary.
The MRI machine will replace the existing cancer care scanner at the Western Infirmary.The MRI machine will replace the existing cancer care scanner at the Western Infirmary.
Dr Paul Duffy, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde clinical director for diagnostics, said the scanners were purchased as part of a modernisation programme which had already seen 11 new radiotherapy machines installed at the West of Scotland Cancer Centre.Dr Paul Duffy, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde clinical director for diagnostics, said the scanners were purchased as part of a modernisation programme which had already seen 11 new radiotherapy machines installed at the West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
'Diagnostic tools''Diagnostic tools'
He added: "Patients and staff will benefit from this decision to invest additional resource in state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment.He added: "Patients and staff will benefit from this decision to invest additional resource in state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment.
"The service will deliver more rapid access to diagnostics and a higher standard of clinical care to patients."The service will deliver more rapid access to diagnostics and a higher standard of clinical care to patients.
"Being able to equip our staff with the very latest diagnostic tools is fantastic news and I am particularly pleased that the new CT scanners will help us respond to the challenge of out-of-hours care by enhancing support for emergency services 24 hours a day and seven days a week.""Being able to equip our staff with the very latest diagnostic tools is fantastic news and I am particularly pleased that the new CT scanners will help us respond to the challenge of out-of-hours care by enhancing support for emergency services 24 hours a day and seven days a week."
Dr Duffy said the investment would ensure that outpatients would have access to separate dedicated CT scanners, resulting in fewer emergency interruptions, increased efficiency and a more convenient service. Dr Duffy said the investment would ensure that outpatients have access to separate dedicated CT scanners, resulting in fewer emergency interruptions, increased efficiency and a more convenient service.
"Patients who become acutely unwell, patients with suspected or proven cancer and patients suffering from more chronic conditions will all benefit," he said."Patients who become acutely unwell, patients with suspected or proven cancer and patients suffering from more chronic conditions will all benefit," he said.