Daugavpils Regional Hospital acquires a modern CT scanner
Daugavpils Regional Hospital in Latvia has bought one of the country's most modern CT scanners. It can perform a wide range of examinations, including of the heart's coronary arteries.
Daugavpils Regional Hospital, in Latvia's second-largest city, has acquired a new computed tomography (CT) scanner, described as one of the most modern in the country. A CT scanner is a medical device that uses X-rays to produce detailed images of the body's internal organs.
The new machine can carry out a wide range of examinations, including imaging of the coronary arteries, the vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood.
What changes for patients
Until now, such examinations were available to patients only at large hospitals in Riga and Valmiera. With the new scanner, they become available in Daugavpils as well.
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