I was very disappointed to read this and find out that it’s a toy of a scanner and not a scanner for toys, which is shown in the picture.
I wonder what it does. Not just any toy cost £15k
Per the first sentence of the article, “A toy MRI scanner, designed to put children at ease before real scans, has saved £150,000 in sedation and care costs, health officials said.”
It’s probably a one-of-a-few scale model replica. It lights up, and its mechanical parts probably work to demonstrate functionality. You might even be able to open a service panel to see the internal components. This is the sort of thing you’d see on a trade show floor, not exactly a toy. The cost is in the parts and labor to build it.
I coulda gotten them a machine that goes PING for less than that…
Man, souch toch pack in a single comment…
It’s 150K, not 15K
And it’s saved, not cost
And it literally says what it does in the first paragraph of the article
The article does say that the hospital paid $15k for the toy scanner. Which does seem quite expensive for a toy. I would hope it makes a similar noise and has a motorized controls or something to somewhat justify that price.
Though spending $15k to save $150k is still worthwhile.
After the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Charity purchased the miniature scanner for £15,000, Ms Crook said she was able to show children the device to play with.
Perhaps you should read beyond the first paragraph of the article.
The toy cost 15K.
Check yourself, before you wreck yourself.
