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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-11-19, Page 9NEW 90 SECOND PROCESSOR Miss Carol Raeside, a technician in the Seaforth Corn- dation and a bequest from the Estate of M. A.Reld, will process munity Hospital X-ray department, retrieves a processed film in 90 seconds, resulting in faster completed pictures and X-ray from the hospital's new processor. The machine, a substantial saving in manpower. which was purchased through grants from the Bickle Foun- (Staff Photos by Brady) a 0 • We are pleased to have been chosen to provide and install- a modern X-;ay System Seaforth Community Hospital and congratulate the board and community on this further evidence of the role which the hospital is playing in making available most up to date facilities 4 LITTON MEDICAL PRODUCTS OF CANADA, LTD. 81 Kelfield Street • Rexdale, Ontario, Canada • Phone: (416) 247-8675 he Tirou SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970 Second Section Pages 9-16 COMPLETE RECORDS KEPT X-ray thousands history. technician, Gordon Wright, checks through the of X-rays on file while researching a patient's Every X-ray which i s taken at the hospital is filed so it can be need arise. quickly relocated In future, should the git • STAFF POSES WITH NEW EQUIPMENT X-ray staff at the Seaforth. Community Hospital pose with 0 the new equipment which was installed in August., Shown (left) with the new mobile unit is technician Carol Raeside. 4 Standing at the new large unit are Dr. M.A.Bloomfield and Gordon Wright. ew X-Ray Facilities Assist Hospital READS X-RAYS Dr. M. A, Bloomfield, one of two radiologists who visit Seaforth each week on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, reads X-rays which are clipped on a light board. He records his findings on a dictaphone for the patient's doctor who can then prescribe the required treatment. The installation of new X-ray equipment at Seaforth Community Hospital was completed recently giving Seaforth the most modern X-ray- department in the county. Valued at $45,500 including installation, the new equipment was supplied by Profexray, part of the medical products division of Litton Industries. The Installation - the first of its kind in Ontario includes complete facilities for flouroscopy including 90 millimetre spot film recording on the flouroscope as well as the larger traditional static X-ray equipment. The generator on e new equipment, which is thb best way to evaluate its power, is a 500 milliampere generator as compared to a 200 ma. generator on the old unit. In addition to the large unit the hospital has also purchased a portable unit from Toshiba Medical Products. The smaller unit can be moved to take X-rays anywhere in the hospital but does not contain flouroscopy facilities. The new equipment was deemed necessary when demand and usage on the old equipment caused many breakdowns. The increased use of the department since the new hospital was opened in 1965 caused a strain on the tubes of the unit and resulted in sub- stantial maintenance costs of up to $3,000 annually. To illustrate the increased use of the equipment Hospital Administrator Gordon McKenzie released the following statistics. In 1965 when the new hospital opened there were 1205 routine X-rays taken and 160 flouroscopy examinations made. In 1969, the last year for which complete figures are available there were 3,220 static X-rays taken and 420 flouroscopy examinations made. This represents an increase of more than 200% in the use of the equipment in four years. Mr. McKenzie projected that for 1970 the figures would be over 4000 for X-ray and 500 for flouroscopy. He pointed out that this represents two X-rays for every man, woman and child in Seaforth in one year and illustrates the wide area which Is served by the Seaforth Community Hospital. The money for capital expenses such as the new X-ray is not supplied by the Hospital Services Com- mission and such costs must be financed by the hospital itself over a ' period of years by gifts and from certain revenues such as that of preferred accommodation a small portion of which is available to the hospital. In addition to the new X-ray the department has an automatic film processor installed last year which results in films being available for assess- ment much more quickly than otherwise would be the case. purchase of the processor was made possible by gifts from the Bickle Foundation and a bequest of $3,000 from the Estate of the late M. A. Held, a long time member of the board. It had been intended to provide new X-ray equip- ment at the time of the move to the new hospital. Lack of funds at that time, however, forced a defer- ment. It was not until this year that the board was able to replace the equipment which had seen service in Scott Memorial Hospital and until recently in Seaforth Community Hospital for a period extending over twenty years. During the three week period when the new equipment was being installed the mobile unit was used for all X-ray examinations. The X-ray department is one of the busiest 'de- partments in the hospital both on an in-patient and out-patient basis. Almost all accidents Involving any sort of injury require the use of X-rays and many other complaints can be quickly and accurately diagnosed through the use of X-rays or flouroscopy. The department has become so busy that the hospital requests patients to make appointmehts through their doctors except , of course, in the case of emergencies. The staff of the department includes technicians, Carol Raeside and"Gordon Wright and Drs. Bloomfield and Tresler who come to the hospital from London each Tuesday and Thursday to read the X-rays and make flouroscopy examinations. Dr. Bloomfield said recently that with the new equipment and the skill of the technicians, Seaforth has one of the best X-ray departments he has ever seen, in or out of the city.