Abano Healthcare Group, has today announced the development of a new $4 million specialist radiology clinic in the AUT Millennium Campus, on the North Shore.
The new Millennium radiology clinic, which is planned to open in June 2012, is a joint venture between Ascot Radiology, which offers a full range of high quality imaging, and Insight Radiology, which provides a specialist ultrasound and obstetric service. Abano has majority shareholdings in both businesses.
The AUT Millennium Campus is home to the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health, and High Performance Sport NZ. It consists of specialist buildings, swimming pools and track and field facilities, and is dedicated to helping New Zealanders excel in sport. Over the past year, the AUT Millennium complex has undergone a $43 million expansion and has been transformed into the National Training Centre for High Performance Sport. In line with this, it provides world class facilities and support services, including specialised medical and healthcare support.
The new radiology practice will be located in the Millennium Campus and in close proximity to the clinical rooms of a number of leading orthopaedic surgeons, including Matthew Brick, and Auckland Bone and Joint group, with many clinical obstetricians also located nearby.
It will open with an array of new technology and equipment, including Australasia’s first GE second generation wide-bore 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. This cutting edge scanner improves the accuracy of the image, allowing for better diagnosis, and has more room inside the scanner tunnel, providing for a more comfortable patient experience. Also on site will be a number of 3D and 4D Ultrasound scanners, a plain film x-ray suite and mammography, with an earmarked extension for CT to be installed within the next two years.
The existing Insight Radiology clinic in Takapuna will relocate to the Millennium practice, where it will continue operations in an expanded obstetric clinic which will be closer to major referral groups. The move will also allow Insight’s clients to have onsite access to the new mammography and MRI suites, which will allow other radiology studies to be undertaken that were previously referred elsewhere.