Mediworld MAY-JUNE 2020-Final Draft

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Al Mafraq Hospital began using nuclear medicine in various
diagnostic studies, such as examining myocardial perfusion
to assess cardiac function and ischemia, kidney examinations
to assess kidney function, and bone examinations to assess
the spread of bone cancer and osteoarthritis.
The hospital also treated many thyroid cancer patients with
nuclear medicine, and ve patients suffering from
hyperthyroidism were cured in 2018. It has treated 20,597
patients from 2011 to the rst half of 2019.
Mafraq Hospital provides various nuclear medicine
treatments to patients, such as bone density and skeletal
examinations, bone density axial examinations,
endometriosis examinations, bone marrow examinations,
orthopaedic limited imaging in multiple areas, whole-body
bone imaging, whole-body bone marrow imaging, and brain
imaging.
Tawam Hospital began using nuclear medicine in 1979, with
the establishment of the Radioactive Materials Laboratory,
which is equipped with one atomic scanning device and
another device for Bone density scanning.
Tawam Hospital's nuclear medicine services have advanced
over the years, making it one of the largest advanced nuclear
medicine departments in the region, equipped with three
atomic emission tomography CT scanners and one CT
emission tomography scanner, as well as two suites with
high-precision radioisotope treatment equipment, two highly
quali ed nuclear medicine consultants and ve supporting
medical staff who specialize in nuclear medicine
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at Tawam Hospital
provides various services related to tumors, heart disease,
endocrinology, thyroid disease, benign active thyroid disease
and Parkinson's disease.
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