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Elekta Receives Orders for Radiotherapy Equipment for Treatment of Cancer Valued At SEK 250 Million.


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STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 23, 2001

Elekta has received several large orders from major hospitals in Europe Lists of hospitals for each country in Europe.
  • List of hospitals in Albania
  • List of hospitals in Andorra
  • List of hospitals in Austria
  • List of hospitals in Belarus
  • List of hospitals in Belgium
  • List of hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 and Asia. The total order value is approximately SEK SEK

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
 250 M. The orders comprise a number of Elekta Precise Treatment Systems for treatment of cancer including linear accelerator linear accelerator: see particle accelerator.
linear accelerator
 or linac

Type of particle accelerator that imparts a series of relatively small increases in energy to subatomic particles as they pass through a sequence of
, simulator and auxiliary equipment.

"We are extremely pleased to see continued strong order performance, following a record orders volume in fiscal year May 2000 - April 2001", says Volker Stieber, President of Elekta Oncology Systems.

"In particular, it is good to note the resurgence in our Asian business, which included several linear accelerator units to leading hospitals in Taiwan This is a list of hospitals in Taiwan. Medical Center
Changhua County
  • Changhua Christian Hospital (彰化基督教醫院)
Hualian County
. Included were also a large package of orders from the Netherlands and additional units as part of the third wave of The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) funding in the UK", ends Volker Stieber.

Elekta is a world-leading supplier of advanced and innovative radiation oncology and neurosurgery neurosurgery /neu·ro·sur·gery/ (noor´o-sur?jer-e) surgery of the nervous system.

neu·ro·sur·ger·y
n.
Surgery on any part of the nervous system.
 solutions and services for precise treatment of cancer and brain disorders. Elekta's solutions are clinically effective and cost efficient and gentle to the patient.

More information about Elekta can be found at: www.elekta.com
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