Technology

High-tech (and heavy) MRI loaded into new hospital

June 19, 2010

The largest piece of equipment in the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center was loaded into its new home via a construction crane this week.  Inserting the powerful, high-definition GE 3T MRI (magnetic resonance system) was quite a feat. The 3T MRI weighs 27,000 pounds (about the weight of three African elephants), according to Chris Ovlen, senior [...]

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Patient ceiling lifts raise the bar on safety

June 3, 2010

Safety – for both patients and caregivers – is literally built into the walls of the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. Patient lifts attached to the ceilings of a majority of the rooms in the new hospital can lift up to 550 pounds each, and up to 1,000 pounds in designated rooms. “In the new hospital [...]

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