Profits dip at consultants’ MRI company

A COMPANY that provides the use of an MRI scanner to Cork University Hospital and which is run by consultants saw its profits fall slightly last year.

Pre-tax profits at Scancor Limited fell to €325,191 from €327,435 in the previous year.

Last year it was reported that the hospital was paying Scancor €1 million a year for the use of an MRI scanner. CUH has purchased MRI scans since 1995 from Scancor Ltd, which lists among its directors staff from the hospital’s radiology department.