Hospital de Évora is the first in Portugal with new MRI equipment – Current Affairs
“The Évora hospital is the first in the country to install this equipment, which provides a better provision of health care to the population in this type of exams and also allows a significant increase in the number of exams carried out by professional health equipment”, real Isabel Pita, clinical director of the hospital unit.
According to the same official, “one of the objectives of this board of directors” of Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora (HESE) “was to acquire this advanced technology equipment”.
“It is with pride that we take it for granted”, said Isabel Pita, quoted in a press release released today by GE Healthcare, the company responsible for the “state-of-the-art technology” of the new equipment.
The magnetic resonance equipment, installed in the HESE Imaging Service, “provides the user with an image quality superior to the previous ones and a greater responsiveness of the company, being the first to be installed in Portugal”, highlighted a.
“It has the potential to generate higher quality, improve the diagnosis of users who now have access to more advanced techniques”, in addition to “higher quality of equipment thanks to the reduction of noise produced by magnetic resonance, to the increase in the increase in magnetic equipment”. opening of the equipment (70 cm) and the reduction of the times for carrying out the exams”, he added.
For health professionals, “it represents an added value, as it facilitates not only the examination, for the greater comfort of the patient, but also the diagnosis, for the better image quality”, the company also mentioned.
The clinical director Isabel Pita also said that she hopes that “this new technology will attract more professionals in this area to HESE”.
The general director of GE Healthcare Portugal, Rui Costa, stressed that it is “an equipment designed by technological innovation, with a focus on health professionals and developed for health professionals, increasing their comfort and comfort, as well as the diagnostic accuracy”.