The Union Hospital District held its regular monthly finance committee meeting last Thursday and a presentation was given by CFO Jim Barmes concerning the need for a nuclear medicine camera upgrade.
Nuclear medicine cameras are primarily used for cardiac patients and can determine the difference between severe indigestion and a heart attack.
The committee unanimously voted to lease a refurbished camera — with an extended warranty — from Intermed at a monthly rate of $2,776.60 for 60 months.
To be without a nuclear camera would result in $3,471 of lost revenue per day for the hospital district.
“The piece of equipment we have now is so old, the system goes down and staff is having to reboot it or reschedule patients,” Barmes said.
In the past 24 months, the hospital district has paid $100,000 in repair expenses for the current camera and experienced a loss of $97,281.45 in revenue from cardiac cases alone.
The camera also had a total of 28 days of down time. Barmes stated hospital staff has lost confidence in the existing camera and was referring patients to Spartanburg.
In other business Thursday, the finance committee:
• Heard the monthly financial report as presented by Barmes.
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