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Joan Trombetti, Writer | November 20, 2008
PET/CT machine
destroyed in
crash
A truck crash near Saginaw, Michigan has destroyed a $4 million medical device used to help identify cancer in patients and locate tumors for radiation therapy.
The PET/CT unit, being transported by tractor-trailer, was involved in a collision with a pickup truck that was traveling in slippery conditions. The machine erupted into flames as the rig overturned.
It was owned by Alliance-HNI Health Care Services of Owosso, which services more than 40 Michigan medical facilities.
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The Saginaw News reports the machine was being taken on its weekly trip to West Branch Regional Medical Center about 60 miles north of Saginaw.
