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20 TUESDAY 7 December 2010
Ultrasound and Care Centre Locally owned and operated
31 Oxford Street, Richmond Ph 03 541 0050 www.koruultrasound.co.nz
The Koru Ultrasound and Care Centre practice in central Richmond opens in December 2010 to become New Zealand’s first combined diagnostic ultrasound imaging practice and care centre incorporating natural therapies. Koru was borne out of the shared desire of 4 McGlashen Ave, 40 Vanguard St, Nelson its founders to deliver (Countdown Carpark) Richmond NZ’s Top Colourplus Stores ultrasound imaging with a Ph: 548 7955 Ph: 544 6613 patient-centred approach to service. To this end, Koru’s contemporary custom-built premises utilise modern imaging equipment whilst also providing en-suite on the opening of ultrasound viewing facilities those wishing to bring Koru’s co-founding specialists Alyson Hobbs and Hugh Parker Koru Ultrasound and Care Centre for children, family members or friends with them. Also, Koru understands accumulated over 20 years of medical imaging from the people who helped that in today’s modern world, facilities such as experience. As such, Koru’s ultrasound service evening & weekend opening hours, free parking, can provide a whole range of diagnostic imaging make this place and optional male or female specialists are just for you. Better yet, many patients will receive some of the choices that patients or clients would their scan completely free of charge, courtesy like. Koru has made a point of listening to these of the ACC, Government funding or their own Medical Insurance. wishes, and providing for them. In stylishly refurbished premises, providing Most people will already be aware that ultrasound a relaxed day-spa like environment, Koru is utilised very commonly for assessing babies offers a high quality diagnostic ultrasound during pregnancy, but it has many others uses too. imaging service for a wide variety of medical Ultrasound imaging can assess almost all areas of conditions. In addition, Koru offers traditional the body, including most internal organs, blood supportive natural therapies and also hosts the vessels, even proving very useful for muscles services of various healthcare & complementary tendons & ligaments for sports injuries/accidents. practitioners. Combining this mix of branches Ultrasound imaging has been proven to be very from both Western & Eastern medicine, we safe, and does not use any ionising radiation believe allows Koru to provide a more integrated (such as X-rays), just sound waves. Because of 3 New Items Have Arrived... means of diagnosis, treatment & preventative these, and other beneficial properties, ultrasound is a pain free imaging technique used in hospitals healthcare for all of our patients & clients. Koru diagnostic ultrasound service is conducted & clinics throughout the world. Airless Sprayer by its co-founding specialists, Alyson Hobbs and What people may not be aware of though is that, Hugh Parker. Between them they hold both New by law, ultrasound imaging requires a referral. Zealand and United Kingdom post-graduate Luckily, many health care providers can request medical ultrasound qualifications, and have a scan for you – including doctors, surgeons, medical specialists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, podiatrists, midwives & some Self Propelled nurses, to name but a few. The analogy for getting Rotary Hoe an ultrasound scan referral is very much like getting a prescription for some medicine from a doctor. Once you have your scan referral form, the patient chooses where they would like to get their scan done, simply taking their referral form with them. Until Koru’s inception, unfortunately
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