BBC Star Cuts Ribbon for Centre

Holby City’s Tom Chambers returned to Derbyshire to open the new imaging centre at the Nuffield Health Hospital in Littleover.

The actor, who plays Sam Strachan in the BBC TV drama, and grew up in Parwich, opened the pounds2.2m centre in the Rykneld Road private hospital, which includes an MRI scanner and a CT scanner.

MRI means magnetic resonance imaging and the machine uses radio waves and magnets to create clear pictures of parts of the body.

The CT scanner takes 64 pictures of a patient’s body, from different angles, allowing detailed images to be built up for quicker diagnosis.

The MRI scanner can be used on up to 15 patients a day, whereas the CT scanner can investigate up 50 people a day.

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