GE announces first UK commitment to healthymagination business strategy
London 29 June 2009 -- GE, a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, has today announced plans to donate £4.8 million ($8 million) worth of medical equipment, including foetal monitors, incubators and MR scanner, to Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, East London.
First in series of five seminars supporting latest clinical techniques and industry education
CHICAGO, IL, JUNE 27, 2009 --GE Healthcare announced today a series of five symposiums aimed to educate the medical community on the benefits of CT radiation dose reduction. Launched today in Chicago, the tuition-free, accredited training provides access to the latest clinical techniques and is available to any radiologist that operates or reads CT scans.
经卫生部批准，由中国老年保健医学研究会和中国医药卫生事业发展基金会主办、GE医疗集团协办的"脑中风筛查及防控工程"今日在卫生部正式启动。
中国 北京－2009年6月21日 经卫生部批准，由中国老年保健医学研究会和中国医药卫生事业发展基金会主办、GE医疗集团协办的"脑中风筛查及防控工程"今日在卫生部正式启动。该项目旨在推动中国脑中风防控体系的建立和发展，有效遏制脑中风的发病和死亡，改善人民群众的健康状况和生活质量。
脑中风（专业术语"卒中"）是一种急性脑血管病，具有发病率高、致残率高和死亡率高的特点。我国居民第三次死因调查结果显示，脑血管病已成为国民第一位的死因，死亡率高于欧美国家4-5倍，是日本的3.5倍，甚至高于泰国、印度等发展中国家。根据北京安贞医院20年脑卒中病例资料分析，致死性中风仅占27%，大部分卒中病人存活且遗留偏瘫、失语等严重影响生活质量的残疾。目前，我国每年用于治疗脑血管病的费用估计约120多亿元，再加上各种间接经济损失，每年因本病的总支出近200亿元。
Continues Launch of $6 Billion Global Healthcare Initiative
- Leading clinicians, health authorities and media debate impact of changing the focus of healthcare delivery from treating late stage chronic diseases to earlier detection
- Regional HQ in Istanbul significantly focuses and supports GE Healthcare's presence in providing technologies and solutions across the region
- GE's 'healthymagination' initiative is built on the global commitments of reducing costs, improving quality and expanding access for millions of people
GE Healthcare Breakthrough SPECT Technology is Biggest Change in 40 Years
WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare today announced the installation of four revolutionary cardiac imaging scanners that could help pave the way for quicker, clearer and lower-dose scans for cardiac patients around the world. The breakthrough technology represents the most significant upgrade to SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) in 40 years and can reduce exposure to radiation, enhance image quality and dramatically shorten scan times.
NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y.--05 June 2009-- Senior leaders from GE Healthcare and GE Global Research are joining State and local leaders as well as officials from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today for the grand opening of GE Healthcare's new, state-of-the-art digital mammography production facility at the Rensselaer Technology Park. The new 230,000 sq ft facility will add 150 high paying manufacturing jobs in Rensselaer County with an annual payroll of $10 million.
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