Sectra receives SEK 132 M order from Stockholm Söder Hospital

Sectra receives SEK 132 M order from Stockholm Söder Hospital Sectra will be the main supplier of IT systems, service and image generating equipment to the Stockholm Söder Hospital. The order comprises a turnkey delivery of equipment and services for diagnostics to the hospital's new Image Diagnostics Center (BDC) and the hospital's annexes in Nacka, Handen and Nynäshamn. The order value is SEK 132 M (approx $15 M US). Sectra's undertaking involves the X-ray equipment as well as Sectra's systems for digital processing of X-ray information (RIS, Radiology Information System) and X-ray images (PACS, Picture Archiving and Communication System). The new equipment will facilitate reduced waiting times for patients and provide personnel with a simpler and more efficient handling of X-ray images. It also represents a positive environmental gain, since it reduces the use of film and chemicals. "The new department is fully financed with its own funds, that is, each SEK invested in the new technology will be paid back through more efficient handling of the patients and information. We carefully evaluated the bids received over a six-month period in order to identify the best solutions within our budgetary constraints. The selection of Sectra was due to the fact that they presented the best technical solution and that Sectra has demonstrated in a number of large projects that they have the products, expertise and capacity for such a demanding assignment as this," relates Sören Orehag, Project Leader at Stockholm Söder Hospital. "Söder Hospital is perhaps Sweden's most heavily overloaded emergency hospital as well as having many older patients who require extensive assistance from hospital personnel when they come in for X-rays. Consequently, it is necessary that the equipment, such as the X-ray and IT systems, handle as much as possible automatically," relates Torbjörn Kronander, President if Sectra Imtec AB. "We are highly pleased that Stockholm Söder Hospital has entrusted us with this order." For further information, please contact: Sectra Imtec AB, Torbjörn Kronander, President, +46 13 23 52 27, to-kro@sectra.se Sectra AB, Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO, +46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Stockholm Söder Hospital, Sören Orehag, project leader, +46 8 616 33 04, +46 70 484 59 28 Welcome to visit our website http://www.sectra.se Sectra's operations Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in medical imaging systems, secure communication systems and digital radio systems. The medical image business of Sectra is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally Sectra PACS is marketed and sold through different partners. Among these Philips Medical System is the largest. In cooperation with Philips Medical Systems, Sectra has provided PACS to e.g. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Klinikum Deggendorf in Germany and Carolus den Bosch Hospital in the Netherlands. Sectra is located in Mjärdevi Science Park in Linköping, Sweden, and evolved from research done at Linköping University. Business is conducted in five countries with a total of 165 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 1998-April 1999 reached SEK 183 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the OM Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00100/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00100/bit0002.pdf