The Halifax Infirmary has reportedly unveiled a brand-new hybrid operating room with cutting-edge diagnostic imaging technology, making it the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada, according to the Nova Scotia government.
The province claimed in a press release on Tuesday morning that the new technology will let patients undergoing cardiac or vascular surgery undergo diagnostic tests right there in the operating room, rather than having to be moved to a location with diagnostic equipment, in the event that complications arise.
According to the province, this will make patients at the QEII campus safer.
To pay for the equipment, the QEII Foundation raised $4 million through fundraising. Of that, $1 million was donated by a Truro man who the room was named after — now bearing the name Stewart E. Allen Hybrid Operating Room.
The first patient entered the chamber after it was formally inaugurated in late October.
According to the press statement from Colton LeBlanc, the minister in charge of the QEII New Generation project, the new infrastructure “will considerably improve the delivery of healthcare services.
It’s “very amazing to see so many Nova Scotians come together and contribute donations to the QEII Foundation to make the hybrid OR feasible,” said Dr. Christine Herman, a cardiac and vascular surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary, in the press release.
Herman stated, “I know that many Nova Scotians are going to profit from this.”
The hybrid OR’s technology is so much more advanced that it can provide us with more detailed images and better visualisation of our actions.
A dedicated surgical area with cutting-edge equipment is unveiled by Halifax Infirmary.
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