Heart and lung patients from across the West of Scotland have access from today to unprecedented levels of specialist treatment and care, following the completed transfer of all adult heart and lung surgery to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

The centre now provides all adult heart and lung surgery for the West of Scotland. This includes all bypasses, heart transplants, heart valve surgery and other complex procedures.

In addition to offering a wide range of specialist services on a single site within a modern, purpose-built facility, the centre also provides a number of other benefits for patients such as access to £4 million of new equipment

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The new facility boasts a concentration of the region's top heart and lung specialists working together under one roof for the first time.

Ken Ferguson, Medical Director of the NHS National Waiting Times Centre, said: "We have invested over £4 million in new equipment to ensure we continue to provide the best treatment and care to the 2.2 million patients across the West of Scotland who may need our services.

"Those needing surgery or intervention will have access to a range of facilities such as single inpatient en-suite rooms, seven new theatres, a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner and new cardiac catheterisation laboratories. In addition, patients have access to a range of highly trained staff and a host of support services to ensure they continue to receive the best possible quality of care."

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