Medical Imaging opens new lab

Medical Imaging opens new lab

By Bernard Yaw ASHIADEY

Medical Imaging, a subsidiary of Medlab Ghana Limited, which conducts X-rays, CT scans, ultrasound scans, mammography and blood tests, has opened another ultra-modern laboratory at Korle-Gonno, Accra.

The new office, located opposite the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has state-of-the-art scanning equipment valued at about $3million and is intended to boost healthcare in the country.

Managing Director of Medical Imaging, Dr. Rosemary Keatley, said the opening of a new laboratory at the location was necessitated by the ever-increasing number of cases referred to them by doctors and physicians from the KBTH.

“We realised that a lot of referrals were coming from Korle-Bu. And to prevent people hustling to get to Roman Ridge --where the main laboratory is located -- we decided to open this branch near Korle-Bu to relieve the patients of the trouble of travelling to Roman Ridge.

“We also realised that if we get closer to the doctors at Korle-Bu, we will be able to interact with them faster and easier than we used to do.

“There will be more dialogue between the physicians of Korle-Bu and Medlab. This will go a long way to help boost healthcare of patients that benefit from services of both institutions,” she said.

Dr. Keatley encouraged women over the age of 40 to come for frequent mammogram tests to know their breast-cancer status, so that they would not spend so much money trying to cure a sickness which could have been prevented through a simple routine check-up.

“We have taken it upon ourselves to discount the cost of a mammogram test in the months of October, November and December every year in order to encourage more women to take the test for their own safety.”

Medical Imaging is the third institution in Ghana after the KBTH and SSNIT Hospital to have the equipment to conduct mammogram tests.

Medlab Ghana Limited has been operating in Ghana for 10 years and has its main laboratory at Roman Ridge, Accra, with other laboratories in Tema, Takoradi and Kumasi.