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WKR: Elekta helps build advanced healthcare in Iraq

ELEKTA HELPS BUILD ADVANCEDHEALTHCARE IN IRAQ

Through United Nation’s oil-for-foodprogram, which also has been part of the reconstruction of Iraq,Elekta has been chosen to deliver complete systems for minimal-invasivestereotactic and functional neurosurgery to be installed athospitals in various parts of Iraq. The delivery, carried out inOctober and with a value of approx. EUR 4.3 M, also includestraining outside Iraq of both neurosurgeons and service engineers.

The systems supplied by Elektawill be used for routine as well as advanced, minimal-invasivebrain surgery. Each system includes the Leksell StereotacticSystem�, a three-dimensional localizing and referencesystem that provides extremely high precision in the diagnosingand treatment of such ailments as deep seated brain tumors andfunctional disorders. Also included in the system is LeksellSurgiPlan�, an advanced computer-based planningsoftware which makes it possible for surgeons to plan andsimulate treatment in advance. Instruments for biopsies andhaematoma evacuation are included as well as generators forstimulation and lesioning in the brain for the treatment offunctional and other disorders in the brain.

"Elekta has an ongoing longterm commitment to contribute to the development of health carein the Middle East and to further spread the gentler and lessinvasive treatment methods that is made possible by the company’sproducts", says Lena H�glund, Elekta’s BusinessManager Leksell Stereotactic Neurosurgery Europe and Middle East."The Iraqi healthcare system is now in a phase of rapidreconstruction. With Elekta’s equipment, many more Iraqipatients can receive basic as well as advanced minimally invasivebrain surgery that is significantly less risky than thealternative open brain surgery. We are also looking forward tocontinue to contribute to the advancement of the healthcaresystem in Iraq."

Leksell Stereotactic System�,which is also a key component in the Leksell Gamma Knife�,is the world leading equipment for minimal invasive brain surgeryand is used today in more than 1,000 hospitals around the world.

For further information, pleasecontact:
International: Peter Ejemyr, Group VP CorporateCommunications, Elekta AB (publ),
Phone: +46 733 611 000, e-mail: peter.ejemyr@elekta.com
United States: Lars Jonsteg, VP Investor Relations North America,Elekta, USA
Phone: +1 770-670-2419, e-mail: lars.jonsteg@elekta.com

About Elekta:
Elekta is a world-leading supplier of advanced and innovativeradiation oncology and neurosurgery solutions and services forprecise treatment of cancer and brain disorders. Elekta'ssolutions are clinically effective, cost efficient and gentle tothe patient.

For additional information aboutElekta, please visit www.elekta.com


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