In October 2007, Siemens Medical Solutions announced the opening of voting for the national contest at www.WinAnMRI.com. The program invited health care facilities lacking an MRI system to display their creativity and dedication to patient care in videos that were two minutes long or shorter. Individuals from across the country could view the contenders’ videos on the site and then choose which facility they believed was most deserving of the MRI system by voting for their favorite. The health care facility whose video receives the most qualified votes would be awarded a brand new Siemens MAGNETOM® ESSENZA scanner.

On January 25, 2008, Siemens announced the winner of the Siemens “Win an MRI” contest as Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport, N.Y. Lockport Memorial Hospital made its case for why it needs a fixed MRI in a staff-produced video that demonstrates the complications and inconveniences posed to patients and physicians when a hospital lacks an in-house MRI.

In addition to the MRI system given to Lockport, Siemens also, as part of its charitable efforts, will be providing a new MAGNETOM ESSENZA to Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, Ga. Siemens took notice of Sumter’s story in the 2007 Win an MRI Contest, which showed the struggle to rebuild following a devastating 2007 tornado.

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Siemens on TV: Win an MRI Edited Press Conference/   Full Length Press Conference[15.52 MB]

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