Siemens nets 10 DR orders in U.K.

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust of Hampshire, England, has installed 10 Ysio wi-D digital radiography (DR) systems from Siemens Healthcare.

The company said that Queen Alexandra Hospital has employed eight of the 10 DR systems for use within their inpatient, outpatient, adult, pediatric and emergency imaging needs. St Mary’s Hospital and Hampshire Community Health Care’s Gosport War Memorial Hospital has each installed one Ysio for general imaging and community-based imaging, respectively.

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