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One of the best-equipped radiodiagnostic centres in the Czech Republic in this respect is Multiscan in Pardubice, which examines around 14,000 patients annually using its two machines with magnetic field strengths of 1.5 and 3 tesla. The former was also upgraded last year and offers a range of new functionalities for even more accurate and faster diagnostics. The areas where patients go for examinations have also been given a new look. "We regularly monitor new developments and try to keep up with new trends to ensure the highest quality care for patients in the best possible conditions," comments Martina Kulštejnová, the executive director of AKESO Holding, commenting on the modernisation, which cost more than CZK 20 million.
Petra Jiříčková, the head of the radiodiagnostic department in Pardubice, describes who the method helps. Cancer patients in particular make up about 20-30% of those examined, she said. "These are primarily prostate, rectal and brain tumours, some types of breast cancer and metastases," she adds.
With MRI or CT scans, it's the same as with airplanes. They too must not stand on the ground unnecessarily.
Although patients in the Czech Republic sometimes wait several months for an MRI, at Multiscan we perform the scan in a much shorter time. "It's the same with MRI or CT scans as with airplanes - they mustn't sit on the ground unnecessarily. That's why we go seven days a week and usually on holidays," says Petra Jiříčková. The department also performs examinations in the afternoons and evenings, classically on the basis of a doctor's recommendation. However, for a direct payment, self-payers can also undergo it at their own request.
For more information about Pardubice radiodiagnostics, please visit our website. The examination is carried out on Siemens Magnetom Avanto with magnetic field strength of 1.5 T and Siemens Magnetom Skyra with magnetic field strength of 3 T.
