Palmetto Enters New Era In Diagnostics
Hialeah, Fl – Palmetto General Hospital, a 360-bed acute care hospital, proudly unveiled its new PET-CT Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 17.
PET-CT (Positron Emission Tomography and Computerized Tomography), a type of nuclear medicine imaging, is a standard medical diagnostic tool that enables physicians to pinpoint cancer and other irregularities.
“At Palmetto General Hospital we consistently strive to ensure that we have the technology to provide quality patient care and diagnosis,” said Ana Mederos, CEO of Palmetto General Hospital. “The new PET CT will allow our physicians diagnoses to be faster and more efficient.”
At the event, Palmetto General Hospital was presented with proclamations from the City of Hialeah by Mayor Julio Robaina, the City of Hialeah Gardens by Mayor Yioset de la Cruz and the Town of Miami Lakes by Mayor Michael Pizzi. Over 75 guests enjoyed refreshments while taking a private tour of the new PET-CT.
About Palmetto General Hospital
Palmetto, part of Tenet's Miami-Dade/Broward Health Network, is a 360-bed acute-care hospital located at 2001 West 68th St. in Hialeah, Florida.
The hospital has served the medical and health care needs of Northwest Miami-Dade and Southwest Broward counties for more than 30 years.
Palmetto offers a broad range of services, including adult and pediatric emergency rooms, maternity, mental health, cancer center, hyperbaric, wound care, sleep disorders center, a cardiac program that includes both medical and surgical services and a bariatric program that has been designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.
Palmetto is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.
The hospital has earned a five-star rating and is ranked among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for maternity care by HealthGrades, a health care quality ratings company, and is one of only 34 hospitals nationwide to earn Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals designation six or more times.