Health is spending more than 10 million euros on 45 digital radiology appliances for health centres in the Valencian Community
The contracts seek to renew the radiodiagnostic equipment in accordance with the criteria established by the Spanish Society of Radiology, that is, based on the years of life expectancy and the activity of the equipment.
There will be 29 column-to-floor digital radiology machines, and another 16 column-to-ceiling. In both cases, they are devices with double detector and X-ray tube.
The 29 pieces of equipment for the digital radiology rooms with support fixed to the floor are for the departments of Vinaròs; Castellon General Hospital; Valencia-La Fe; Valencia-Clinic-Malvarrosa; Valencia-Doctor Peset; Valencia-Arnau de Vilanova-Llíria; Sagunto; The Bank; Xàtiva-Ontinyent; alcoy; Elda; Marina Baixa; Sant Joan d’Alacant; Alicante Hospital Doctor Balmis; Elche and Orihuela.
The total amount of this first supply amounts to 5,795,698.33 euros, co-financed with European Feder funds, as part of the Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 16 pieces of equipment for the digital radiology rooms in column to ceiling are destined for the health department of the General Hospital of Castellón; Valencia-Doctor Peset; Valencia-Malvarrosa Clinic; Gandia; Xàtiva-Ontinyent; Elda; Marina Baixa-Vila; Alicante-Hospital Doctor Balmis and Elche.
The amount of all this second supply amounts to 4,430,213.33 euros, also co-financed with European funds.