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APRIL 28, 2021 5 Imaging Department Upgrades In The Plans For Adventist Health Castle
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to the new environment. To- ward the beginning of the pandemic, we deployed a COVID-19 drive-thru test- ing program, we have now administered over 40,000 vaccines (as of April 21) and our patient volumes are nearing pre-pandemic vol- umes.”
“We are in the process of a multi-year upgrade of our imaging department,” he explains. “The first major step in this is a new mag- netic resonance imaging (MRI) machine that will be in service in a few months. The SignaArtist MRI will allow us to offer a higher level of comfort to our pa- tients through its more spa- cious interior, and create
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nual screenings. He encour- ages everyone to get back on track and schedule those neglected appointments.
Now, Ashlock has set his sights on what’s ahead.
Ashlock also notes that over the past year, many people have put off their an-
“So, if you’ re due—or overdue, call us at 808- 263-5166 to schedule your MAYmogram.”
President Ryan Ashlock (above left) says that Adventist Health Castle will upgrade the hospital’s imaging department (above right, below right) in the coming months. PHOTOS COURTESY ADVENTIST HEALTH CASTLE
neurology capabilities will be added to this machine at a later date. We continue to give our patients excel- lent access to our services through same-week MRI and CT appointments, often next-day.”
clearer and faster images of all types. We will be adding breast and prostate MRI ca- pabilities shortly.
two years ago with his wife Elle and daughter Emmy.
“We’ll also be adding a new lower-dose, high-tech computed tomography (CT) scanner at the same time as our MRI machine. This CT scanner will provide ex- ceptional images with less radiation. Cardiology and
Ashlock, who also con- tinues to serve as operations executive until that position is filled, moved to Kailua
“We relocated to Ha- wai‘i after the hospital I was working at, Adventist Health Feather River, and its surrounding community were devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, Cal- ifornia,” he explains. “We have been blessed to see firsthand that the spirit of
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He says that 1 in 8 wom- en may develop breast can- cer in her lifetime.
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