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.

 

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