A state-of-the-art X-ray unit, known as a fluoroscope or C-arm, has begun functioning at the General Hospital Doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna in Las Tunas. This novel technology will benefit patients from various medical specialties by providing high precision during surgery, including Orthopedics, Cardiology, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Traumatology, and Urology.

Dr. Carlos Rafael Pérez Santiesteban, Clinical-Surgical Deputy Director of the province's most important health center, told the press that before the arrival of the equipment, surgical patients or those needing pacemaker implants had to be referred to hospitals in neighboring territories. The expert explained that the previous equipment, very conventional and requiring a physical X-ray to proceed, stopped functioning last November due to technical problems, but the newly arrived fluoroscope is vastly superior in facilitating the work of physicians.

The C-arm is operated by Imaging specialists who are integrated into the medical team in the operating rooms. In July of this year, the "Guevara" hospital celebrated 46 years since its inauguration by the Historic Leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz, who in the year of his centennial received tribute from all the center's workers.