OEC 9900 MD Mini Cath Lab enhances access to cardiovascular interventional procedures in local hospital
Hanoi, Vietnam -- August 4, 2012 -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today collaborated with Viet Duc Hospital to organize a Cardiovascular Interventional Workshop at Viet-Duc Hospital, Hanoi. The workshop was held with the intention of creating a platform for enhancing access to cardiovascular interventional procedures and reducing the cost of care. The timing of the workshop was to coincide with the introduction of the "GE OEC 9900 MD Mini Cath Lab", GE Healthcare's latest surgical imaging technology, to the hospital.
Associate Professor/Doctor Nguyen Tien Quyet, Director of Viet Duc Hospital; Professor/Doctor Nguyen Huu Uoc, Head of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department at Viet Duc Hospital; Mr. Sandeep Chalke, VP, Global Growth, GE Healthcare - Surgery; and many other cardiovascular experts participated in the workshop. They lectured on cardiovascular achievements in Vietnam and evaluated the features of the "Mini Cath Lab" for cardiovascular imaging. Additionally, there were live sessions in operating rooms, featuring the application of GE's equipment.
The "OEC 9900 MD Mini Cath Lab" is a premium digital mobile imaging system, which delivers images of quality and versatility, and addresses a wide range of clinical, surgical and vascular application in any interventional setting.
"This workshop underlines GE's commitment to helping Vietnam hospitals deliver a better quality of care to patients," Mr Chalke said.
The "OEC 9900 MD Mini Cathlab" was made available for demonstration to Viet Duc Hospital on August 1. Local doctors had the chance to attend training sessions on the equipment given by GE for 3 days.
"As a leader in cardiovascular care in Vietnam, we always strive to improve our expertise and equip ourselves with the latest technology.", Professor/Doctor Nguyen Huu Uoc shared.
The introduction of the OEC Mobile C-arm is an example of GE's global"healthymagination" initiative. The programme, which GE has committed $6 billion to, aims to provide better healthcare through innovation that lowers costs, increases access to care and improves the quality of the healthcare itself. The new imaging equipment is part of the programme and comes with features that maximize patient throughput and staff productivity. The"healthymagination"initiative was started only 2 years ago but significant progress has already been made by governments, NGOs and medical professionals to advance healthcare in both developed and developing markets.
GE is committed to helping the government and medical professionals deliver quality health care to Vietnam, where limited resources, a shortage in skilled health workers and poor infrastructure, especially in remote areas, continue to pose a problem.
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