Koja Regional Hospital Owns MRI 3 Tesla and Robotic Gait Training

Jakarta Health Agency is committed to give optimum and professional health service for Jakarta residents. One of the effort is adding two advanced equipment in order to support medical rehabilitation at Koja Regional Hospital. Those are MRI 3 Tesla and Robotic Gait Training.

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Koja Regional Hospital Director, Alifianti Lestari, said the two services are opened since January 2024. This could be the best option to accelerate the reduction in disability and death rates due to stroke and improve the quality of post-stroke services.

She added that MRI 3 Tesla is a medical diagnostic technique by using magnetic and radio frequency. MRI 3 Tesla provides a more detailed picture of the structure of soft tissue, spine, brain, blood vessels, tracts or nervous system and other organs than other imaging.

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According to her, MRI 3 Tesla has better imaging and detailing, also shorter check up duration.

"Patient will get more comfortable since MRI 3 Tesla has wider MRI tube. It is safer since it uses magnetic without radiation," he said, Tuesday (2/27).

Meanwhile, Robotic Gait is a robot to gain the exercise effectiveness by give training and return the normal walk method. It will be monitored by physiotherapist during the exercise.

She admitted that the Robotic Gait assist the patient to return the normal walk memory, gain the mobility functional, and independence.

The residents who need these two services are able to use BPJS Kesehatan by getting specialist doctor reference.