Doctors and nurses received training on the safe use and installation of the anesthesia device used alongside the Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
By Kuda Pembere
The training was facilitated by officials from Drager Germany headquartered company and its local distributor PCD Diagnostics. About 16 nurses and doctors underwent the one-day training session.
Speaking to HealthTimes, Drager Area Manager for Southern Africa Ms Delia Glazer who is in the country said the training workshop went on well with trainees expressing enthusiasm over the use of the anesthesia machine.
My name is Delia Glazer. I am the Area manager for Southern Africa for Drager. Drager is a German equipment company. We manufacturer anesthetic machines, ventilators, incubators and patient monitoring systems. So it is really focusing on acute point of care.
“And as part of the MRI installation, the government purchased a specific type of anesthesia machine that needs to be used for specific patients in the MRI. So today it was about training doctors and nurses and biomeds on basic installation of the device and how to use it safely within the MRI environment,” she said. “The reception by the doctors and nurses during the training was excellent. They were really interested. They asked many questions which is a very good sign for training. They were very participative. They participated a lot.”
In August this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioned the MRI unit which has high precision imaging technology.
President Mnangagwa said his administration gave health top priority and will ensure that the modern equipment procured by government also reaches district hospitals.
“The new 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) being unveiled is a specialised imaging modality with the capacity to perform brain, spine, cardio-vascular imaging and advanced neuroimaging among an array of other functions,” he said.
