DRC: Biamba Marie Mutombo hospital with a hi-tech scanner from all over central Africa!

The Biamba Marie Mutombo hospital has been equipped with a modern and sophisticated Siemens scanner. This hi-tech equipment is the first to be installed in Central Africa. The initiator of this medical training, Mutombo Dikembe, preceded the inauguration of this material that will allow doctors to treat several diseases including that of the heart. The ceremony took place on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in the hospital located in the town of Masina in Kinshasa.

In his address, the former NBA basketball player, head of the Mutombo Dikembe Foundation, did not miss the praise of the Michael Blomberg Foundation, for this wonderful gift he made to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as ‘to the company Siemens, supplier of this equipment.

« We want to present this gesture that has been made to the Congolese people by the Michel Blomberg Foundation.This scanner will be one of the most sophisticated machines that will diagnose many diseases here at Biamba Marie Mutombo. » I thank them wholeheartedly « , He said before the audience consisting of the staff of this hospital and other distinguished guests present at this ceremony.

According to Dr. Lelo, imaging specialist in this hospital, it is a high-end scanner of 64 bars that will do all exams including those of the simple heart and vessels of the heart, neck, pelvis, thorax.

More than half a million US dollars were spent on the acquisition of this important material for the diagnosis of various diseases, which formerly required evacuation abroad.

« The price is the right price that will be determined in relation to several elements that contribute to it.The price is determined in relation to the objective elements, » said Mpoy Louman, managing director of the hospital Biamba Marie Mutombo.

This innovative and powerful material gives a lot of comfort to patients. It is a system that allows you to make very high quality images, very high level diagnostics.

Patrick Liekens, Central Africa Director for the Siemens Group, a Mutombo Dikembe Foundation partner and supplier, said he was very pleased to see for the first time that such a machine was installed in the sub-region.

Congolese doctors are therefore invited to resort to this scanner for very fastidious diagnoses.

Nadine FULA & Agnes KAYEMBE