Nuclear imaging has been established as a safe, painless and cost-effective way of gathering information that may otherwise be unavailable or require a more expensive and risky diagnostic. Nowadays, nuclear imaging and medicine is an integral part of patient care, and is used in diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of serious disease. It is valuable for detecting the presence of tumors, aneurysms, irregular blood flow, and blood cell disorders. Nuclear imaging has advanced early diagnosis which is the key to high survival rate. New facilities and medical units recently opened at Tzafon Medical Center enable the provision of high-level treatments to the residents of the regions, yet they are incomplete without the ability to perform nuclear medicine in house. Over the years, thousands of patients have been referred to other hospitals for isotope diagnosis and mapping - a complicated procedure that puts a heavy burden on the patients and the hospital, and hampers that patients treatment.

Tzafon Medical Center seeks to establish an Institute of Nuclear Medicine for the benefit of patients hospitalized in the hospital wards, and of course, for the benefit of community. Nuclear Medicine examines organ structure and function using radioactive materials to assess disease process, providing unique information that is often unattainable using other imaging procedures. Oncology is one field that has had immense success using this technology. In addition to making it easier to detect cancer, PET scans can decipher whether it has spread in the body, or if it has retuned after treatments. A nuclear medicine scan is less expensive and may yield more precise information than exploratory surgery. The Institute of Nuclear Medicine will provide a wide range of nuclear medical imaging services for diagnostic purposes and help monitor the response to various treatment strategies. The planned institute area will be about 1200 sq. meter and will include examination rooms with a control room, reception rooms, waiting rooms, laboratory rooms, storage and offices. For the purpose of operating the Institute, suitable equipment must be purchased including SPECT/CT scanner for high resolution imaging- A type of nuclear medicine scan where the images or pictures from two different types of scans are combined together. The combined scan can provide precise information about how different parts of the body are working and more clearly identify problems.

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For the purpose of operating the Institute, suitable equipment must be purchased, including SPECT/CT scanner for high resolution imaging at a cost of $750K.