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A new bio-imaging centre will be built at Sahlgrenska.
A new bio-imaging centre at Sahlgrenska will be launched in 2010 and it is the largest single project that SU has ever implemented. The centre is a next-generation project that aims to collocate highly specialised care in diagnostics and treatment and it will have immense significance above all for cancer patients and patients with severe cardiac conditions.
Region Västra Götaland — which owns SU — has now decided to implement its bio-imaging centre project within the next few years, and today the first decision is being taken. The regional health and medical care committee is expected to approve the final report on the bio-imaging centre that was submitted by SU. Following the committee´s decision, the regional executive committee and regional assembly will also give their approval for SU to carry out the project.

The centre is a next-generation project that aims to collocate highly specialised care in diagnostics and treatment and it will have immense significance above all for cancer patients and patients with severe cardiac conditions.

SU notes that the new centre is essential in order to maintain its position as an internationally acclaimed university hospital. Among other things, it will be possible to replace open surgery with non-invasive treatment methods (that is, using no instruments inserted into the patient´s body), creating a platform for the development of medical technology together with Chalmers and providing the necessary preconditions for regional growth in highly qualified business sectors such as biomedicine and biotechnology. Clinical cooperation will also benefit.
 
The entire region supports this investment in Göteborg, which among other things will lead to the establishment of a unit where there will be sufficient space for the bulky equipment used in diagnostics and treatment. Construction will commence in 2010 and the entire project is expected to be completed in 2013.

Cancer treatment is one area that will gain considerably from a new bio-imaging centre. The new facility will offer better access to magnetic resonance imaging and what is more, methods such as position emission tomography and computed tomography will improve diagnostics for cancer patients. With these methods, it is possible to mark off tissue afflicted by cancer and only apply treatment to these specific areas. It will be possible to avoid long and ineffectual treatment through this new technology, which will serve as a vital basis for concentrated radiotherapy.

Patients with heart diseases will also benefit immensely from a new bio-imaging centre since it will offer entirely new opportunities for taking care of severely afflicted patients, including those with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, which are often highly complex conditions.

The bio-imaging centre is an extension of SU that will cost 837 million kronor in construction as well as another 450 million or so kronor in equipment, and it will be located on Sahlgrenska´s premises in Göteborg.

Source: Göteborgs-Posten, 2010-01-27external link, opens in new window
 

Updated: 2010-01-29
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