"Chronically Needed" MRI Scanner Installed At Midlands Hospital

Friday, 28 July 2023 09:23

Staffing arrangements are also underway in order to operate the machine.

A long-awaited MRI scanner has been installed at a midlands hospital.

The equipment at Regional Hospital Mullingar has been campaigned-for for a number of years and has been described as "chronically needed."

Management say the scanner is in its final completion stage, and the building is expected to be handed over by the end of next month, with the machine to be commissioned next quarter.

A staffing proposal to operate the equipment has been submitted to the Ireland East Hospital Group for approval, and a Clinical Specialist Radiographer is being sought so preparation works can commence.

In a statement to Midlands 103, Regional Hospital Mullingar says:

"Regional Hospital Mullingar’s MRI project is in its final completion stage, IEHG expect that the MRI building will be handed over before end Q3 2023.

The MRI scanner is now installed and will be commissioned in Q4 2023.

Regional Hospital Mullingar has submitted the MRI staffing proposal to IEHG and Acute Hospital Services and await approval. When approval has been received Regional Hospital Mullingar will then be in a position to commence the recruitment process to operationalise the MRI Service. In the Interim IEHG have approved the recruitment of a Clinical Specialist Radiographer for the MRI service so preparatory works can commence."