Vol. 514 No. 5
152 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of MRI scanners operational in public hospitals; the locations of these scanners; the throughput of each; and the amount of scans undertaken by each machine in each of the years from 1996 to 1999, private and public. [4673/00]
At present magnetic resonance imaging – MRI – facilities in the public hospital sector are available at Beaumont Hospital. The specific information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
|
Exams |
Patients |
BeaumontIn Patient |
Public |
Private |
BeaumontOut Patient |
Public |
Private |
ExternalReferrals |
Public |
Private |
|
|
1996 |
4,091 |
4,091 |
1,062 |
1,336 |
1,068 |
625 |
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|
1997 |
5,587 |
5,421 |
1,150 |
234 |
1,283 |
1 |
1,238 |
1,515 |
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|
1998 |
5,903 |
5,575 |
905 |
416 |
1,463 |
156 |
1,520 |
1,115 |
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|
1999 |
5,928 |
5,110 |
711 |
307 |
1,142 |
3 |
1,773 |
1,174 |
