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$550,000 machine saving more lives

Jul 6, 2023 | Article, Communication, Health Care, This Week's Issue

PATIENTS arriving at Naracoorte Hospital from vehicle crashes, farm accidents and sports injuries will no longer be always sent away for further high tech, detailed computer tomography scans. Similarly, those requiring comprehensive images – perhaps of their brain, heart or kidneys – will no longer need to travel to Mount Gambier or Adelaide. A scanner installed 7.5 years ago – which saved hundreds of lives – has now been replaced with a $550,000 new, faster, high-tech one. And not one cent of government funding was involved. More than a decade ago, leading doctors at Kincraig Medical Clinic identified the need for a CT scanner at Naracoorte. With no support from governments or the health bureaucracy of the day, doctors turned to the community they wanted to help. Seed funding of $6000 was soon announced by Dr Brian Norcock following a 2010 Two Cocks Golf Day. From Robe to Edenhope, Greenways […]

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