New technology in a brand new state-of-the-art suite will benefit patients and the surgeons trying to save their lives at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital (RUH).
A press conference on Thursday brought health region representatives, fundraisers, donors, patients and doctors together to highlight the significance of the angiography biplane surgical suite.
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It will be used for procedures related to stroke, internal bleeding, cancer, and aneurysms.
“When I had my ruptured aneurysm, had that suite not been available I probably would have died because I needed surgery right away, now they’ve got two suites and that is very important,” said aneurysm survivor Peggy Benko.
“They saved my life and because of that, I was able to go to my son’s wedding and am now looking forward to holding my first grandchild.”
An older suite will also get updated technology.
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The new technology also has far less radiation exposure for patients, up to 75 per cent less.
‘The image quality is superior to what we’ve had in the past. (Its) really important for some of the procedures we do that require high degree of precision,” said Dr. Michael Kelly, professor of neurosurgery, medical imaging.
Designed to be minimally invasive, the technology provides benefits such as shortened hospital stays and improved post-procedure recovery times, lower risk, and decreased pain for patients.
The provincial government kicked in $2.26 million towards the suite, with the RUH Foundation fundraising one million dollars toward it.
Julie Mintenko contributed to this story
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