MODERN X-RAY PLANT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 24, 4 March 1942, Page 3

MODERN X-RAY PLANT

CAIRO, January 26

Latest additions to equipment at a large New Zealand general hospital include modern X-ray plant, considered to be the best in any military hospital in the Middle East. Valued at £2.i()0, this plant was originally sent by the American Red Cross for the use of the Greek Army. With the abrupt conclusion of the Balkins campaign, it was impossible for it to reach its destination, so it was passed on to the British authorities, and in turn reached the New Zealand hospital. Already it has been in operation for about a month, treating from 30 to 40 patients a day, many of them from -British units, apart from the New Zealand forces. Previously, X-ray work was done with the smaller "mobile equipment, the gift of Messrs Watson Victor., of Wellington, together with the small Solus Army plant brought from New Zealand. These had to an extent been satisfactory, except for the difficulty in securing sufficient quantities cf film.

The new equipment is in two main • component parts, one a large tilting table for screening and ardiology and the other a portable field service table, of the kind introduced into the American Army by Major De Lorimier. The former is of imposing design and by its nature a permant fixture. The latter is detachable and is able to be taken into the field.