A new health board in south Wales has purchased digital radiology solutions for two new hospitals currently under construction.

The new Aneurin Bevan Health Board has ordered six Carestream DRX- Evolution systems, which provide flexible solutions for developing DR facilities.

The first two systems will be installed in the Aneurin Bevan Hospital in Ebbw Vale this year, and the remaining four in the Ystrad Fawr Hospital near Caerphilly - the biggest new Welsh hospital in three decades - by early 2011.

The Aneurin Bevan Health Board delivers healthcare services to more than 600,000 people living in Gwent.

The Carestream DRX-Evolution combines the positioning flexibility of a cassette-sized detector with the rapid workflow of a fully-automated DR suite.

The six new suites will incorporate autopositioning, autotracking and autocentering facilities, which can move the radiology equipment to predefined positions at the press of a button.

Carestream Health is a global provider of medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions.