Story: Mary Ankrah
The Medical Imaging Company, a sister company of the MedLab Ghana Limited, has inaugurated a new scanner to improve its health service delivery to the public.
Known as the Computed Tomography (CT), the scanner is a special kind of x-ray machine that provides cross-sectional images or "slices" of the body’s anatomy.
The scanner is particularly good for testing for bleeding in the brain, for aneurysms (when the wall of an artery swells up), brain tumours and brain damage.
It can also find tumours and abscesses throughout the body and is used to assess types of lung disease.
The equipment also allows doctors to inspect the inside of the body without operating patients or performing unpleasant examinations.
CT scans have also proven helpful in pinpointing tumours and planning treatment with radiotherapy.
The company, which has branches in Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi, was established in 1995 in Accra as a clinical medical laboratory to offer scans, x-rays, mammogram and blood tests.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Managing Director of the company, Dr Rosemary Keatley, said the company was the first and medical laboratory in Ghana to achieve the ISO: 15189 standard of excellence awarded by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) from 2008 to 2012.
Dr Keatley said the company continued to strengthen its capacity and that was more committed to produce quality health delivery to the general public.
She also encouraged women to frequently take a mammogram test to detect breast cancer early to avoid future complications.
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