The joint venture
MEDICAL imaging is the future of health care. This is according to Dr. Jose Viviencio Villaflor Jr., a.k.a. “Dr. Ama” to the entire Dagupeños, during the blessing of the newly acquired Hitachi Echelon Smart MRI superconductive 1.5 Tesla, now installed at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (DDVMH).
The newest MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine made it to the private hospital in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, through a joint-venture project with Himex Corp. (High Integrated Medical Engineering Exponent), the leading health-care provider and the pioneer in rehabilitation and development projects in the country.
“MRI scans are useful for looking at the brain, spinal cord, muscles, bones, the heart, and the liver and can be used emergently in cases of stroke. The scans may be done to determine the size of tumors and whether they can be removed with surgery. This machine can further detect variety of injuries and diseases for better and immediate treatment of patients,” Villaflor said.
For 30 years of service in the field of medical imaging technology, Himex lives up to its vision to uplift the growing need for nationwide healthcare coverage and ensure that all Filipinos will have access to quality health-care and affordable medical services. And thus the joint venture project with DDVMH has happened, gearing towards a noble advocacy.
At the helm of Himex is Ms. Rema Padilla-Ohno, its president and CEO,who created and implemented the company’s original concept, “the rehabilitation and development of radiology department through installation of high technology medical imaging equipment and
facilities to various government and private hospitals all over the Philippines.”
The MRI
MRI is a painless and noninvasive radiology procedure that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulses and a computer to produce detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bones and virtually all other internal body structures without ionizing radiation.
DDVMH offers the following services for the Echelon Smart 1.5 Superconductive MRI:
Brain, DWI, MRV & MRA
- C-spine
- Thoracic Spine
- L-spine, Myelography
- Abdomen, DWI, MRA, MRCP
- Whole Spine
- Shoulder
- Wrist
- Knee
- Ankle
Advantage
For 50 years, the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital has been an innovator of health-care services throughout the region. With the new powerful imaging machine, the Hitachi Echelon Smart MRI superconductive 1.5 Tesla, Pangasinan is expected to become the medical hub in this part of the Philippines with people from as far as Nueva Ecija coming to seek medical help, now, they will no longer have to travel to Manila to get high-quality diagnostic health-care services.
For more information, log on to www.villaflorhospital.com.ph and www.himexcorp.com