A new angio suite was inaugurated at Mater Dei’s Medical Imaging Department by Health Minister Chris Fearne today.
The machine, which cost €1.9 million, was partially financed by European funds.
It enables its operators to view arteries and veins in 3D facilitating the work of radiologists and leading to a more precise diagnosis.
It will also enable specific interventions which were previously not carried out.
The minister said that this was not the only investment in the department this year.
A CT scan which cost €1.5 million also started being used in the past weeks.
Moreover, a number of ultrasound machines were replaced with the department investing €4 million this year alone.
An average of 600 patients used the department each day, the minister said, adding that a call for another three medical consultants for the department was issued in the past days.