PATIENTS from Runcorn, Widnes and Warrington are benefiting from a new £400,000 CT scanner.
It has been installed at Halton General Hospital in Runcorn.
It can be used to diagnose a variety of medical conditions and images can be sent directly to clinicians across the North Cheshire Hospitals’ Trust for a fast diagnosis.
Superintendent radiographer Stuart Clark said: “This new, state-of-the-art scanner is extremely versatile.
“With one patient we can be viewing the tiny structures of the inner ear and then the next patient we are able to do a whole body scan.
“It is also four times quicker at scanning and means that we can scan an extra 20 plus patients each week compared to the old scanner.”
The new scanner is in the radiology department.
