The main problem is the current analogue system is thirteen years old and coming to the end of its useful life with spare parts becoming increasingly difficult to source. Other issues that will be addressed by a Digital X-Ray suite are: Reduce the radiation doses that occur during the x-ray process Reduce patient waiting times Provide better information to clinical staff Improve X-Ray and Outpaient throughput

Digital X-Ray (DR) produces images at even lower doses of radiation - very important when children are more sensitive to the harmful effects of radiation than adults. Patient waiting times reduced - images available within four seconds without the manual chemical processing. Higher resolution images - finer details can be seen which will improve accuracy of X-ray reports Increase efficiency - handle the increased throughput of patients with this faster technology