Nueclear Healthcare, in association with GE Healthcare as technology partner, announced the opening of its first molecular imaging centre for early, affordable cancer detection in Navi Mumbai. NHL is establishing a mega network of 120 molecular imaging centres around the country by 2015 with GE Healthcare as its technology partner. The hub and spoke model is expected to help scale up affordable access to advanced molecular imaging technologies such as PET/CT required early detection of cancer. NHL proposes to offer PET/CT imaging at just Rs10,000/- compared to approximately Rs.18000- 25000 patients pay today for same services.
John Dineen, President & CEO, GE Healthcare said “By partnering with Nueclear Healthcare, together we can be at work for a healthier India by providing access to advanced affordable early cancer detection technologies to more people of India.”
The NHL network of molecular imaging centres will have 12 medical cyclotrons that produce bio-markers required for cancer imaging and 120 GE Discovery PET/CT imaging scanners. While the first centre has opened at Navi Mumbai, five more centres is expected to be commissioned in 2013. GE Discovery PET/CT systems installed at the centre will supposedly help doctors determine whether a suspicious growth is cancerous or benign in a single exam. Previously, doctors had to put patients through two separate scans to get similar information – with limited success.
Cost has been one of the biggest barriers in advancing early cancer detection. We have removed the barrier of cost by reducing the cost to patient by half,” said Dr A Velumani, Founder & Managing Director of Nueclear Healthcare.
EH News Bureau