Sectra secures order with the leading university hospital in Saudi Arabia
The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, has selected the medical imaging IT company Sectra (STO: SECT B) as its provider of a complete IT solution for the management of radiology images and patient information (Sectra RIS/PACS). The use of Sectra’s solution will increase the availability of images and patient information throughout the hospital, thereby improving patient care.
With facilities located in the capital city of Riyadh and the coastal city of Jeddah, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSHRC) is the national referral center for oncology, organ transplants, cardiac surgery, genetic diseases and many other disciplines. The hospital’s radiology department currently performs more than 200,000 radiology examinations each year.
“We are very honored that we have been selected to provide our solutions to such a reputable and high-quality hospital as the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center. The purchasing committee evaluated all viable vendors and finally narrowed its choice down to Sectra’s system, which shows that Sectra’s solutions comply very well with demands in the Middle East in general and the very high quality demands of the King Faisal Hospital & Research Center in particular,” says, Torbjörn Kronander, CEO and President of Sectra.
Saudi Arabia has a population of about 29 million and the Saudi Arabian government aims to make significant investments in the healthcare sector in the coming years. Sectra already has its systems installed at two prominent university hospitals in the country.
The solution was sold by Attieh Medico, Sectra’s distribution partner for Saudi Arabia.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, CEO and President, Sectra AB, 46 (0) 705 23 52 27
Marie Ekström, Executive Vice President, Sectra AB and President Sectra Imaging IT solutions, 46 (0)708 23 56 10
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About Sectra
Sectra develops and sells IT systems and services for radiology and other image-intensive departments, orthopaedics and rheumatology. More than 1,400 hospitals, clinics and imaging centers worldwide use the systems daily, together performing over 70 million radiology examinations annually. This makes Sectra one of the world-leading companies within systems for handling digital radiology images. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. Sectra’s systems have been installed in North America, Scandinavia and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.
Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Linköping University in Sweden. The company’s business operation includes cutting-edge products and services within the niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. Sectra has offices in 12 countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2012/2013 fiscal year totaled SEK 817 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more information, visit www.sectra.com
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