Winneshiek Medical Center considering purchase of new CT scanner

Winneshiek Medical Center officials are beginning to investigate the purchase of a new CT scanner for the hospital.
 
The machines take two-dimensional images and combine them in such a way that a near 3D perspective is created.  CT has become an important tool in medical imaging.  
 
Winneshiek Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Flinchbaugh says buying a new CT scanner to replace the current CT scanner will have a "monetarily significant" cost, but he adds that the new technology is an important way to preserve patient health.
 
WMC officials have just begun their study and have not made a recommendation yet.