Ready occasions of a number of weeks for an MRI appointment should not unusual, and never solely in Higher Austria. The acquisition of recent gear ought to now shorten this time and make it simpler.
There can be 13 items – distributed throughout seven federal states – because the Federal Goal Management Fee selected Friday, stories the deputy chairman of the umbrella affiliation of social insurance coverage suppliers, Andreas Huss. Two of them will go to Higher Austria, to the hospitals in Dangerous Ischl and Schärding. The choice of the Federal Goal Management Fee was preceded by an software from the Higher Austrian state fee, and OÖN readers know that the costly units are coming.
Christine Haberlander (VP), the deputy governor answerable for well being, is happy with the progress within the enlargement: “With the brand new MRI machines, we are able to guarantee shorter ready occasions and quicker diagnoses,” she is satisfied. With the choice in Vienna, the financing and provision are lastly secured.
Together with further gear, every magnetic resonance imaging scanner prices greater than 1.5 million euros. The 2 MRI scanners can be used each in hospitals and for outpatient remedies.
There are at present 26 MRI machines in Higher Austria. Along with Dangerous Ischl and Schärding, the hospitals in Freistadt, Grieskirchen and Kirchdorf are additionally to be upgraded. Then all hospitals in Higher Austria can be geared up with these machines. In precept, the ÖGK is placing a brake on the acquisition of those massive machines, which additionally create further demand.
