THE Lagos-based Reddington Hospital Group yesterday raised the bar in the provision of excellent healthcare services and patients’ management in sub-Saharan Africa. It launched a new Hi-tech Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre with the acquisition of 1.5 Tesla Signa Explorer MRI scanner from General Electric (GE) Healthcare.
The new MRI Centre, which is housed at the Purple Ray Diagnostic Centre at Reddington Hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos, is a cutting-edge medical equipment technology, which delivers clearer, accurate digital imaging and reduces the high noise level and lengthy time associated with the conventional MRI scanning machines.
“It also has technologies to significantly reduce the duration of a scan, improve patients’ comfort, gives high image quality in patients with MRI compatible metal joint implants improving its utility in certain orthopaedic patients” the hospital’s Group Medical Director (GMD) said the inauguration.
The Purple Ray Centre of the Reddington Hospital which was also relaunched at the event, offers a 1.5T digital MRI with advanced images, 64 Slice CT Scan, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Digital Mammography, Digital Fluoroscopy, Digital X-Ray, 4D Ultrasound Scan among other diagnostic services.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr. Yemi Onabowale, described the launch of the MRI centre, coming four weeks after inauguration of the MAXY Super Specialty Centre as an indication of the hospital’s readiness to provide seamless and quality care in the hospital’s value chain.
“We are not playing God but we can assure our patients and all those who use our facilities of 100% accuracy in diagnosis, excellent management and care to complete recovery and wellness,” the CEO said.
According to him, the 1.5T MRI scanner has capacity to ventilate a very sick patient while undergoing scanning.
He urged doctors in other hospitals in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria to take advantage of the latest technology in the MRI Centre for accurate diagnosis for their patients.
GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions’ President/CEO, Mrs. Terri Bresenham said the new 1.5 Telsa Signa Explorer MRI scan, being the first of its kind in Nigeria, would enable local healthcare providers access to the same kind of accurate diagnosis in hospitals in Europe, America and some Asian countries.
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, who was special guest at the event, lauded the Reddington Hospital management for the excellent healthcare delivery and tasked the hospital to avail people living in rural areas its excellent medical services through medical missionary.