On Thursday January 9, the brand new mammograph at Millau hospital was inaugurated. This latest generation Siemens equipment is deployed in the south of France in only three public hospitals: Aix-en-Provence, Perpignan and therefore Millau. The investment of €240,000 meets patients’ expectations.
« It is the Montpellier University Hospital which is coming to Millau. This contributes to equality of care in the territory,” says the doctor Emmanuelle Pagesradiologist at the Lapeyronie hospital center in Montpellier. With this new mammograph, the entire care pathway has been redesigned so that patients have everything available in Millau: MRI, mammography, biopsy, and help with insertion into the oncology care pathway.
This more ergonomic device for manipulators has many advantages with 3D technology allowing better image acquisition (2D = 1 image vs 3D = 140 images), artificial intelligence software which helps with the interpretation of images. It thus makes the patient journey faster and handling more comfortable because it exerts less pressure on the breasts and sends fewer rays to the patients.
Millau hospital and CHU on the same wavelength
This event marks the close collaboration that exists between the Montpellier University Hospital and the Millau hospital, which benefits Millavois patients, in this case Millavoises. The radiology department of the Millau hospital center welcomes 30 patients per day on average and today brings together 12 technicians, five nursing assistants, four stationary radiologists and around thirty radiologists from the University Hospital active on the PIMM (Medical Imaging Platform). Shared.)
Emmanuelle Gazelpresident of the supervisory board of the Millau hospital, present for the inauguration, declared herself “reassured for the patients and all women”. “Things are progressing well and in the right direction. We have excellent feedback on the hospital and we need to let it be known. This investment is very positive for a women’s health pathway in Millau from A to Z, with the same quality of care as at the Montpellier University Hospital, with the same teams,” underlined the mayor of Millau.
Remember that organized breast cancer screening is recommended for all women aged 50 and over, without symptoms, and must be carried out every two years.
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