Improving access to care in sub-Saharan Africa
February 23, 2022
GERMANY & AFRICA – Siemens Healthineers and the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF have announced a partnership to help strengthen fragile health systems in sub-Saharan Africa by improving access to diagnostics and linkage to treatment. Through a 5 million EUR grant, Siemens Healthineers will support UNICEF’s work helping to prevent maternal, newborn and child deaths and promote the health and development of all children.
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REGINA, Sask. – The Pasqua Hospital in Regina now has a new Interventional Radiology (IR) suite that opened on Monday, Feb. 14.
The Hospitals of Regina Foundation (HRF) funded $2.2 million to the IR suite to increase capacity for the essential service. This addition is the second IR suite in Regina that is expected to help with wait times.
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) has announced that a second MRI machine has now arrived at the hospital. “Today marks a very important milestone for PRHC and for the people we serve across our community and region. Adding a second MRI machine will allow us to perform up to 5,000 additional MRI procedures each year at PRHC – this is incredible news,” said Dr. Lynn Mikula, executive vice president and chief of staff, PRHC.
MARKHAM, Ont. – An emergency room doctor at Markham Stouffville Hospital is leading a team of physicians that is training other clinicians in worn-torn Yemen in the use of handheld ultrasound. Due to the pandemic, they’ve been using telehealth to train and support the clinicians in Yemen.
“Initially, we were supposed to actually fly in and bring the devices with us for an initial one-week training period, but then, the pandemic kicked in just as we got approval for the grant,” Dr. William Cherniak (pictured) told CBC News.
LINKOPING, Sweden – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra announced that its radiology module for enterprise imaging, Sectra PACS, has won the customer satisfaction award Best in KLAS. It has been ranked number one by healthcare providers for the ninth consecutive year in the US, third consecutive year in Canada, and for a first-time in Asia/Oceania.
OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has completed another successful implementation of its medical imaging referral management technology. Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) is the latest Canadian hospital to implement Novari’s one-of-a-kind cloud-based technology.
KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has completed another successful implementation of it’s medical imaging referral management technology. Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) is the latest Canadian hospital to implement Novari’s one-of-a-kind cloud-based technology.
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Technology Accelerator (MTA) together with its angel investor network, the Manitoba Knights, are injecting close to $1 million into two Manitoba companies with well-developed technologies and clearly identified global markets.