Pre-owned medical equipment: An affordable option

Most of the diagnostic centres and hospitals always look forward to own a mammography and BMD-DEXA equipment apart from X-ray, ultrasound etc., but due to low patient turnover and high capital investment, they are not able to do so.

Pre-owned medical equipment is a great option for hospitals, diagnostic centres and clinics where the budget does not allow to invest in a new equipment.

There are many facilities in tier II and tier III towns which would like to offer mammography and BMD-DEXA to the patients, but due to the heavy investment required and very unlikely to break even. At such places the average patient turnover is one or two cases per day.

As both mammography and BMD-DEXA are relatively new concept to such towns. In this situation the with pre-owned and refurbished equipment they can start offering the facility to patients and practitioners at almost half or sometimes one third cost of the new equipment which helps them to break even faster. This helps the patients to reduce the cost and travelling time required to visit the place in another city which offers such examination facilities.

New medical equipment is a huge investment that depreciates at an alarming rate. Pre-owned medical equipment is much less expensive and depreciates less quickly.

In most developed countries where the hospitals are replacing the analog mammography systems and moving to digital mammography systems. The analog mammography systems are still in good working condition. The same are cleaned and calibrated to the OEM specifications and installed at diagnostic centres which can work well with low cost of ownership. These systems are always less expensive to maintain.

Likewise, the BMD-DEXA is also upgraded from the pencil beam to fan beam systems due to high patient throughput. The pencil beam systems are still have good results and can offer good image quality with relatively very less dose.

New mammography and BMD are huge investments that depreciate at an alarming rate. Pre-owned medical equipment is much less expensive and depreciates less quickly. This means the pre-owned equipment will be affordable and hospitals have more capital to invest on other needs.

Pre-owned and refurbished mammography as well as BMD-DEXA can be the answer to any diagnostic centre and hospital’s needs who are looking for affordable solutions.

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