Nawaloka unveils new cardiac machine

Rasika Somarathna and Shirley Wijesinghe

COLOMBO: Nawaloka Hospitals Limited unveiled their latest acquisition, a flat panel Cardiac Catheterization laboratory equipped with Allura Xper FD 10 interventional X-Ray system, which is expected to revolutionalise treatment in Cardiac and Vascular interventional procedures in Sri Lanka.

Hospital General Manager Professor Lal Chandrasena at a press briefing last Sunday said, this unique system developed by Phillips would improve efficiency, safety and optimize work flow of the patient and staff.

He emphasized the importance of diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Diseases of this nature have become a menace due to rapid changes in lifestyles in the modern era. "They have to be prevented and treated efficiently," he said.

This unit a first in the country will improve the clinical outcome in Cardiac surgery with its superb image quality, while reducing patient dose.

In addition, it provides multiple views improving treatment planning, intervention and a radar like mechanism to ensure absolute patient safety.

Simply this machine would help to make procedures faster and safer, Prof. Chandrasena said.

According to the Professor, the hospital has done over 12,000 Angiograms and nearly 7,000 open heart surgeries up to now.