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New machine to scan the brain http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm

A new and powerful brain scanner has been unveiled by a team of scientists at
Nottingham University. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6126526.stm
New £1.3m MRI scanner at hospital

The scanner can help diagnose a range of conditions
A Pembrokeshire hospital is to get a new £1.3m scanner which can examine
the brain, spinal cord and joints, and investigate cancers and strokes.
The scanner at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest will replace services
currently provided at Werndale Hospital in Bancyfelin.

It follows September's announcement of a new £8.75m accident and emergency
centre at Withybush.

The scanner has been funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanners use powerful magnets and radio
waves to produce cross-section images of bones, muscles, joints, blood vessels
and nerves without using X-rays.

This new scanner will ensure that people in Pembrokeshire can
receive scans closer to home

Health Minister Brian Gibbons

Withybush carries out more than 1,200 scans a year under a contract with
Compass Healthcare at Werndale Hospital which requires patients to undertake a
46-mile round trip.

Pembrokeshire & Derwen NHS Trust said the new scanner would eliminate the
need for patients to travel outside the county for scans.

The trust said it would provide better images for earlier diagnosis and
reduce the need for invasive surgery.

Trust chief executive Keith Thomson said: "This new MRI facility will be a
major boost towards improving the quality of service and care offered to local
people, helping to modernise services to meet the changing needs of patients
into the next century."

Health Minister Brian Gibbons added: "The NHS in Wales is facing the
largest-ever capital investment programme since the creation of the National
Health Service in 1948.

"Investment levels have risen from the £110m spent in 2004-05 to £309m for
2007-08.

"This investment is needed to help deliver our vision of a world-class
health service in Wales by 2015."



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