2023-11-15 01:38:00
The collaboration between the UBA, Faculty of Medicine and the Ministry of Health results in a medical milestone with the arrival of the latest generation resonator at the Hospital de Clínicas (Getty)
With the arrival of the new resonator at the “José de San Martín” Hospital de Clínicas, this leading medical center in Argentina and the region will be able to speed up and improve the diagnosis of its more than 365,000 annual consultations, which are equivalent to an average of 1,000 per day. In this way, the medical institution that depends on the University of Buenos Aires will be able to reduce costs, expand the training of professionals and carry out highly complex studies on hospitalized people who previously had to be transferred to other health centers.
The planning and execution was a joint effort between the UBA, the Faculty of Medicine and the Ministry of Health of the Nation, and this new resonator is a multipurpose piece of equipment that will allow diagnoses for pathologies from different branches of medicine in specialties that They range from neurology, cardiology and oncology, among others.
As indicated by the institution, “one of the main characteristics of this state-of-the-art equipment is that it allows the time of each study to be reduced by 50% and that it has a cabin with a larger diameter than conventional, considerably improving the patient experience. It will also be essential for research and training students and residents of the teaching hospital.”
“The arrival of the Philips Ingenia 1.5T Evolution equipment occurs within the framework of a plan for building and equipment improvements at the Clinics,” they noted in the document. At the same time, they highlighted that this event took place “shortly following it was recognized in the international ranking of Global Health Intelligence where, among 90% of the hospitals in the Latin American region, it was highlighted as the national public hospital most prepared for a high volume of procedures, for being among the best equipped for primary diagnosis and for advanced diagnostic imaging, among other distinctions.”
The installation of the Philips Ingenia 1.5T resonator at the Hospital de Clínicas, a step forward in highly complex medical care in Argentina Courtesy Hospital de Clínicas
The supervision of this operation and its installation was in the hands of Dr. Gonzalo Battaglia, Secretary of Health of the University of Buenos Aires; professor and doctor Marcelo Melo, Director of the hospital; and Dr. Mariano Sosa, head of the Imaging Department of the institution. For its installation, reinforcements had to be applied to the building structures in order to support the device, in addition to the creation of a Faraday cage, which prevents the interference of internal and external electromagnetic waves.
“It is an honor to be part of this great event. The resonator was an outstanding debt with the flagship hospital of the UBA, and its being in the Clinics was possible thanks to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr. Ignacio Brusco; the Vice-Dean, Prof. Dra. Claudia Negri; and the Secretary of Medical Education, Dr. Matías Rojo,” said Battaglia.
And he concluded: “The resonator is one of the achievements achieved as part of the great work that is being carried out in the Network of University Hospitals, both in terms of buildings and equipment to be able to continue providing better care and public health to the population every day.” .
The installation of the resonator at the Hospital de Clínicas, a meticulous process that required structural reinforcements and the creation of a Faraday cage (Courtesy Hospital de Clínicas)
“We celebrate the work done together with the Ministry of Health and the Faculty of Medicine so that today we can count on this highly complex team that will improve care, research and learning,” said the director of the institution, in turn. Dr. Marcelo Melo.
And he added: “The installation of the equipment required a great deal of conditioning work in the room in which it will operate due to its weight and size, but without a doubt this equipment will generate great benefits for patients and doctors in training. It is a goal achieved in a year in which our hospital achieved great achievements at the national and international level.”
It is worth noting that this new resonator stands out for its large cabin, which allows much more space for the patient, and for the high resolution and quality of its images, which means greater speed between studies and reduced waiting times between patients. Chiller equipment was also placed to cool the device. The next stage of this major project involves the mechanical assembly of the equipment, calibration, training and fine-tuning, scheduled to be fully operational by the middle of next month.
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