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AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ
Friday, 2 February 2018, 15:21
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Regional health service managers accompanied Nerja Mayor, Rosa Arrabal, on a visit to the Axarquía hospital in Torre del Mar on Wednesday to see its new MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) machine, which was first used earlier this week.
The new equipment, which cost 1.1 million euros, means that patients living in the Axarquía will no longer have to be referred to Malaga hospitals for scans.
As well as investment in the machine itself, the hospital has also spent 100,000 euros on modernising facilities related to the MRI department, including patient waiting and changing rooms as well as staff preparation areas.
Spain's national health representative for Malaga, Ana Isabel González, said during Wednesday's visit that the new equipment would allow for faster and better results with improved precision and quality.
The MRI machine will be used to help detect diseases related to the brain and heart, as well as prostate and breast cancer. It will also allow surgeons to plan surgery and medical professionals to carry out studies.
In 2017, the Axarquía hospital refered 7,342 patients to other hospitals for MRI scans. However, with the arrival of this latest generation equipment all such appointments can now be given in the hospital in Torre del Mar.
The other four new MRI machines are located in the Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Hospital Valle del Guadalhorce and Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga.
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