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Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO City Council clinics will soon start offering ultrasound scan services following a partnership with a local private company.

The ultrasound services will cater for pregnant mothers, paediatrics, geriatrics and chronic disease patients.

There will also be scans for breast, prostate and cervical cancer.

The latest council report says council will soon enter into a partnership with Insight Mobile Imaging to offer the services at its clinics.

Insight Mobile Imaging wrote to council proposing to provide ultrasound services at its clinics at a flat $20 fee for all ultrasound examinations.

“This will ensure patients get expert reports, save money and time by not travelling into town, as well as allow practitioners to expedite relevant medical interventions.

“We can simply utilise the facilities already present therefore no new purchases have to be made,” reads the proposal.

The company also proposed to provide ultrasound training to midwifery nurses across all council clinics when council acquires its own equipment.

“This will enable the nurses to perform basic emergency ultrasound scans for pregnant women, noting basics such as fetal viability, fetal presentation, multiple pregnancy and placental location.

“This basic information will be able to assist quick patient management and reduce mortality rates,” reads the council minutes.

“That the proposal by Insight Mobile Imaging (Pvt) Ltd to provide Radiology Services at Council Clinics be acceded to in principle subject to an appropriate Memorandum of Understanding to cover the required operational details.”

— @AuxiliaK