Fonar nets N.Y. install

Health Diagnostics (HD) of New York City has ordered six of Fonar’s Upright Multi-Position MRIs.

HD operates or provides management services for 28 diagnostic imaging centers in California, New York, Florida and Georgia.

The Melville, N.Y.-based Fonar said its Upright Multi-Position MRI can scan patients in any position.

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