Mood lighting” designed by a UK company has been installed in a new hi-tech scanner room at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham to create a relaxing atmosphere for patients.
The system, which uses high quality LED “plug and play” lights that can be programmed to change colour, was developed by Staffordshire-based Mood Lighting. Company boss Martin Chambers said: “Our system was specified because the contractors needed lights that would be reliable and eco-friendly. This system and its controller were developed by ourselves and feature downlights that will last at least 10 years without maintenance.” Mood Lighting says the Cromatix system creates “stunning colour effects” from 40 lamps that are “exceedingly economical” to run. The new £2 million scanner at Heartlands is the first of its kind in the Midlands, and can scan an entire body part in one second, using “the lowest radiation dose available”.
