Siemens Healthcare has completed installation of 10 imaging systems at University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust in the U.K.
The equipment included three CT scanners (a Somatom Definition Flash and two Somatom Definition AS systems), three MRI scanners (two Magnetom Skyra systems and a Magnetom Aera unit), a Symbia T TruePoint SPECT/CT, and two angiography systems: a single-plane Artis zee floor-mounted system and an Artis zee biplane system.
The deal also includes a 15-year managed service contract that the equipment provision, project management, ongoing maintenance, and ongoing replacement of all imaging equipment for the life of the contract.
The new hospital is scheduled to be fully operational by fall of 2012.