New MRI equipment ferries hope to remote regions

A new vehicle that can transport magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI equipment, and other key medical devices has been introduced to the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in an important initiative that will provide treatment in remote areas from otherwise relatively immovable heavyweight medical machines.

The vehicle, the Chiying A30, was made by Baotou-based medical and hospital equipment manufacturer XBO Medical Systems Co Ltd.

General Manager Wang Yongzhong said the vehicle is China's first mobile transporter for MRI equipment, which is widely used in hospitals to get internal pictures and scan the anatomy and organs of patients.