Siloam Gleneagles has new scanning device

Siloam Gleneagles has new scanning device

TANGERANG (JP): Siloam Gleneagles Hospital, jointly owned by
the Lippo Group and its Singaporean partner, introduced on
Saturday its US$2 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Gyroscan INTERA 1.5.

Hospital director Satyanegara told a news meeting that the
radiology unit, purchased from STI Nederland BV in Holland, was
ready to give medical checkups to patients who want to try the
new MRI for Rp 1 million ($120).

The MRI, which uses noninvasive radio-diagnostic imaging
resulting in descriptions of human organs by using a magnetic
field, was installed "to prevent Indonesians from leaving the
country for a similar medical checkup," Satyanegara said.

Siloam Gleneagles Hospital is the second hospital in Asia to
receive the latest version of the machine after a hospital in
Japan.

The introduction of the new machine was also witnessed by
Lippo Group chairman Mochtar Riady, Chinese Ambassador Chen
Haihua, Mozambique Ambassador Jose Tivira Makorongo and
representatives from STI Nederland BV.

Satyanegara said the MRI 1.5, which was introduced to the
world late last year, was used by four hospitals worldwide,
including Gleneagles Hospital.

Another version of the MRI has been used in 10 hospitals in
Indonesia.

Ronald Hutapea from the Ministry of Health's Directorate
General of Medical Care, who also attended the ceremony at the
hospital, appealed to hospital management to also care about the
poor.

Mochtar Riady insisted that "the MRI service must not be
merely for the wealthy". (01)