The long-awaited Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner which was purchased by public contribution has been installed in Apeksha Hospital and will be vested with the public from April 01, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Rajitha Senaratne said.
The PET scanner which was purchased by public contribution arrived in the country on December 24, according to Minister Senaratne.
The President of Kadijah Foundation M. S. H. Mohamed along with several media institutions collected donations towards the purpose from the public going on to hand over the proceeds to the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine to purchase the machine.
The High Tech state of the art machine which costs around Rs. 202 million is a “Siemens” branded product from Germany with a capacity of performing over 100 scans per month.
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