A General Electric Light Speed VCT Select System was put into operation at the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, Info-Prim Neo reports. Doctors say the device is one of the most modern in Moldova and in Southeastern Europe. It will improve patients' access to such costly diagnosis technology as cerebral and medulla tomography with tridimensional reconstruction, brain vessel and spinal marrow angiography, etc. Minister of Health Vladimir Hotineanu said the new tomography scanner was purchased as part of a successful partnership between the public and private sectors. It was a joint effort by the Ministry of Health, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and a donor mobile phone company. The scanner costs over US$1 million. The tender winner was selected in conditions of maximum transparency under the auspices of the UNDP, with the participation of European and U.S. experts. Oazea Rusu, senior doctor at the he Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, told Info-Prim Neo that the scanner significantly improves the Institute's capacity to examine and treat the patients. About 50,000 persons are examined at the Institute yearly. Over 7,000 patients are treated there. The new device can scan about 100 persons during 24 hours.