Second CT scanner a step closer for St Luke's General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny

A new CT scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny appears to be a step closer.

Minister for Public Health and Wellbeing Jennifer Murnane O’Connor confirmed to KCLR News that the provision of a second at the local facility has been approved by the capital planning expert group.

It will be at least 12 months before it will be installed and operational and when realised would see the number of daily scans potentially double from 45 to 90.

Minister Murnane O’Connor says it’s part of an overhaul of facilities;

Meanwhile, the news comes as the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Harris TD, and Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, are due to visit St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny later this week.

Minister Murnane O’Connor adds; “I’m looking forward to welcoming Tánaiste Simon Harris and Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to the constituency, and I will be taking the opportunity to highlight the importance of progressing the new CT scanner at St Luke’s, along with other pressing local issues. I will also meet hospital management and ensure the Government is fully briefed on the facilities at St Luke’s, which are vital to safeguarding the well-being of people in the region who need timely access to treatment and diagnostics”.