Sweden: New multidisciplinary Hybrid Operating Theatres

24.03.2015

Siemens Healthcare and Sahlgrenska University Hospital have signed a contract for the delivery of four Hybrid Operating Theatres to the new Imaging center that Sahlgrenska is currently building. The medical technology equipment that will be delivered by Siemens Healthcare consists of a movable MRI (Magnet Resonance Imaging) system mounted on ceiling rails, and advanced angiography systems based on robotic technology. It is the first of its kind in Northern Europe. The installation will be in clinical use in 2016. The contract has an initial value of about 86 MSEK (about 9 MEUR).