Agfa announces today that the newly built, local brand, Sidilega Private Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, has chosen to implement Agfa’s DR 800 multi-purpose direct radiography (DR) solution, as well as the DX-D 600 high-performance, fully-automated X-ray room and DR 100e* compact, mobile imaging unit.

“We are very proud that this new, state-of-the-art care facility has chosen to open its doors with Agfa imaging solutions,” says Louis Kuitenbrouwer, Vice President, Radiology Solutions at Agfa. “Agfa is well-known in Botswana, especially for mobile imaging, but our local dealer Afmed did an excellent job of demonstrating how our comprehensive portfolio of solutions and MUSICA bring intelligence to the entire digital imaging process.”

“We were very impressed with the DR 800, which gives us a multitool for our digital imaging,” says Dr Shakil Rasul, Executive Director of Sidilega Private Hospital. “We appreciate our relationship with our supplier Afmed, and the advisory support they have given. We are convinced that, with their direct radiography solutions, Agfa is providing us with world-class equipment that will support our goal to provide comprehensive, efficient and high-quality care services in a safe and patient-centric environment.  Thus advancing the hospital etho “where technology meets compassion”.”

Read the full press release here.

* DR 100e not available in the US and Canada