Spain's Basque region invests in new equipment:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Basque regional government in Spain has spent an extra Pta1,600 million ($9.3 million) in the first quarter of 2000 on the refurbishment of medical equipment and infrastructure, reports Diario Medico. The main areas to have benefited are radiology, with the acquisition of CT systems for three referral hospitals worth Pta285 million ($1.6 million) and blood monitoring, with Pta240 million invested in new equipment. Information technology received funding worth Pta294 million.