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Council Member Marmorato questions NYC Health + Hospitals about radiology exams for plus-size patients
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Council Member Kristy Marmorato engages in a discussion with NYC Health + Hospitals representatives about radiology exams and equipment accommodations for plus-size patients. She inquires about weight limits on various medical equipment, including CT scanners, MRI machines, and tables for procedures like breast biopsies and bone density exams.
- Marmorato emphasizes the importance of accommodating plus-size patients for various medical exams beyond just CT scans.
- The Health + Hospitals representative acknowledges the need for more specific information and agrees to research and provide comprehensive answers.
- Marmorato requests a site visit to Jacobi Hospital to further investigate the issue and ensure patients are treated with dignity and respect.
Kristy Marmorato
0:50:42
Thank you, chair.
0:50:43
So I just wanted to talk to the H and H people about radiology exams.
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And I know that you had mentioned usually when a plus size patient comes in, you have a larger gantry.
0:50:54
But a lot of times, the tables have weight limits.
0:50:57
Can you kinda go over what your weight limits on a larger gantry table would be?
0:51:02
Do you are you aware of it?
0:51:03
Because I think it's usually about three fifty.
Manny Saez
0:51:05
Yeah.
0:51:06
What I can say is that the tables are met to exceed the weight limits.
0:51:13
Specificities on what exactly they are, I would have to do some research and just return that.
0:51:18
I would have comprehended.
Kristy Marmorato
0:51:18
Yeah.
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And it and it just doesn't stop at, CT.
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I mean, if you wanna do a breast biopsy, I know for a fact the table is three fifty, that's the max, you cannot raise the table up.
0:51:28
There's bone density exams.
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There's a lot of different exams that plus size patients need to have as a medical necessity, and I just want to make sure that health and hospitals is doing their job to make sure that happens and that we can accommodate these patients.
0:51:42
What type of MRI units do you have at H and H?
0:51:46
Because usually with a smaller bore, again, weight limits on the table, but you cannot fit a larger patient into the machine because you can put them at risk for skin burns and other issues.
Manny Saez
0:51:57
We do have, larger machines.
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To give you all the specificity, I really would just like to research that and give you fully comprehensive answer on all the different types of MRIs that we have.
Kristy Marmorato
0:52:08
Okay.
0:52:08
I would like to actually come for a site visit at my hospital in Jacobi Hospital, if that would be possible, if you can set that up, because I feel like it's important for us to treat these patients with dignity and respect.
0:52:19
Just a CT, it just doesn't end there.
0:52:21
There's so many different exams that they have to have, and we have to make sure that they're being treated properly.
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Okay?
0:52:27
Alright.
0:52:27
Well, thank you.
0:52:28
Just want to