{"id":395599,"date":"2023-07-10T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=395599"},"modified":"2023-07-10T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:06:28","slug":"grmc-holds-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-new-ct-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/grmc-holds-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-new-ct-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"GRMC holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for new CT scan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEDEDO, Guam<\/strong>\u2014Guam Regional Medical City hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly installed, high-performance SOMATOM\u00ae computerized tomography scanner at the first floor of the radiology department last Friday, July 7, at 1:45pm.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative technology introduced new capabilities such as advanced cardiac imagery, the latest stroke protocols, dynamic 3D imaging, and fast pass trauma exams to GRMC\u2019s diagnostic imaging portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395601\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRMC-pix-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-395601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GRMC-pix-web-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Guam Regional Medical City in Dededo, Guam. (GRMC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the hospital\u2019s current CT scanner, the high-performing SOMATOM\u00ae offers multiple clinical applications, including high-resolution scans, advanced cardiac exams, CT angiography, and whole-body imaging. It also features a patient-centric design with reduced noise levels and streamlined workflows that help improve the patient experience.<\/p>\n<p>Radiology manager Lloyd \u201cButch\u201d Frosch said, \u201cThe installation of the new CT scanner is part of GRMC\u2019s commitment to improve healthcare in Guam and the Micronesia region, helping people receive the best medical treatment possible.\u201d <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEDEDO, Guam\u2014Guam Regional Medical City hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly installed, high-performance SOMATOM\u00ae&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":395602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6394,20878],"class_list":["post-395599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-ct","tag-grmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}