Pakistan first in Asia to acquire portable, bedside MRI system: AKU

[PakSword]

KARACHI: Pakistan has become the first country in Asia and only the third outside the USA to acquire a portable MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, system that can be wheeled directly to a patient's bedside and make MR imaging as simple as receiving a bedside ECG.

The Aga Khan University’s Medical College has acquired the Hyperfine Swoop MRI, which is the US Federal Drug Administration-cleared as part of the MUMTA trial which will deliver the first-ever insights into how providing nutrition supplements to pregnant woman affects the size and structure of the brains of newborns and infants.
Hospitals in Pakistan and around the world currently have conventional, fixed MRI systems – a diagnostic device used to produce detailed images of organs and tissue – which are so large that they need to be kept in two dedicated, custom-designed rooms. Traditional MRIs are also unsuitable for use with critically-ill patients, who are difficult to transport from the bed to radiology, as well as with patients who may feel intimidated by the loud noises inside the ‘tunnel’ of the large, dome-shaped machine, which is typically seven feet high and more than four feet wide.

Pakistan first in Asia to acquire portable, bedside MRI system: AKU

KARACHI: Pakistan has become the first country in Asia and only the third outside the USA to acquire a portable MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, system that can be wheeled directly to a patient's...

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[lastofthepatriots]

May we see this being utilized in all hospitals.

 

[PakSword]

May we see this being utilized in all hospitals.

Definitely. I hope that the US will clear the sale to other hospitals as well in this region.

It's really a blessing for patients for whom movement is difficult.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

These are testing times every one knows , Pakistan's Health System was known to be weakest link together with the Police Departments

Covid-19 will test the system extensively

Hope necessary focus is made to Divert $$ to Enhance Hospital Facilities

 

[ghazi52]

Hyperfine's portable MRI features permanent magnets that require no extra power or cooling, with the whole system running off a standard wall outlet to produce a brain scan. (Hyperfine)

 

[ACE OF HEARTS]

Health care is BUSINESS in Pakistan, be it hospitals, pharmaceutical companies etc etc.
NOT everyone can afford a treatment in good private hospitals like at Aga Khan hospital.
Private hospitals are charging between Rs 40 000 - 100 000 / day for Covid patients when as compared to other diseases, the room rent is Rs 10 000 - 20 000 / day, for private rooms

HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE FREE FOR ALL JUST LIKE UK, CANADA

 

[ghazi52]

AKDN
@akdn

In Karachi, the @AKUGlobal’s Medical College recently acquired a portable MRI and made #Pakistan the first Asian country with such a system. The machine can be wheeled directly to a patient's bedside and make imaging as simple as receiving a bedside ECG. https://thenews.com.pk/print/828300-pakistan-first-in-asia-to-acquire-portable-bedside-mri-system-aku…


9:14 AM · Apr 30, 2021

 

[Imran Khan]

achi machine hai yaar kam ki cheez hai wesy . kitny ki aik hai ?

 

[ghazi52]

They have the machine, but can not get a proper height Bed, instead put bricks under their legs.

 

[ghazi52]

AKU, Karachi

 

[truthfollower]

achi machine hai yaar kam ki cheez hai wesy . kitny ki aik hai ?

An average MRI machine costs more than $1 million dollars

according to google so don't quote me for it

 

[Imran Khan]

An average MRI machine costs more than $1 million dollars

according to google so don't quote me for it

khan bhai koi sasti wali dikhao china ki

 

[ghazi52]

Person standing with the machine seems to be Chinese.

 

[arjunk]

Person standing with the machine seems to be Chinese.

Chinese are everywhere, especially in Karachi and Gwadar. They even speak Urdu.

 

[ghazi52]

According to Connecticut-based Hyperfine, their machine will cost $50,000, which is 20-times cheaper than traditional systems, runs on 35-times less power and weights 10 times less than normal 1.5T MRI machines.

The FDA clearance includes head imaging for patients 2 years and older, and could help bring the modality to underserved areas such as rural settings and remote villages, said Sheth, who added they’ve “cracked the door open” on bringing this tech to any region.

Sheth also noted that his team will perform further research using this device—built around a 0.064 Tesla magnet—to scan more patients, improve image quality and even employ machine learning to extract vast amounts of its novel imaging data.

For Jonathan Rothberg, PhD, who founded Hyperfine in 2014 and now chairs the company, the goal of revolutionizing how doctors think about MRI is now a reality.

“Nearly six years ago, a dream to create a portable, affordable MRI system was born,” he said in a statement. “We assembled an astounding team, and they took the 10 million-fold improvement in computing power since MRI was invented, the best of the billions invested in green electronics and they built something astonishing, something disruptive.”





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