(Madisonville, KY) – Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville has a new tool to use in the pursuit of providing safe alternatives for pain management. Through a donation from the City of Madisonville’s Opioid Abatement Fund, the Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Foundation was able to facilitate the purchase of a new OEC Elite C-arm from GE Healthcare for use in the Interventional and Chronic Pain Management program.
Dr. Vishal Bansal, who started Madisonville’s Interventional and Chronic Pain Management program in July of 2025, says he often hears concerns from his patients about opioid use disorder. While multiple safeguards are in place to help prevent misuse, safer treatment options are now available.
“We will find out exactly what’s going on, get some additional imaging, listen to you, do a physical exam, and corroborate all those to find that tailored approach that’s safe and localized,” says Dr. Bansal. “Patients that come in with broken bones, rather than sending them on a prolonged prescription for opioid therapy, I’m able to facilitate an urgent intervention to fix that bone and eliminate the pain. We’ve already had patients whose pain went from a 10-out-of-10 requiring heavy doses of opioids, to now one-out-of-10 with no opioids.”
Through his practice, Dr. Bansal approaches pain treatment in an interventional, procedure-guided manner, by targeting the cause of pain and then determining the best route of treatment for long-term relief. The new C-arm’s imaging capabilities allow for better accuracy in finding pain generators, allowing patients to receive the treatment they need without traveling to other cities.
“By investing opioid abatement funds into tools like the new C-arm, we are helping provide safer, more effective options for pain management. This partnership with Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville is a powerful step forward in protecting our community, reducing reliance on opioids, and ensuring that our residents have access to the very best care close to home,” says Mayor Kevin Cotton.
The investment of just over $160,000 marks the second time opioid abatement funding has been distributed by local government entities for new equipment. Earlier in 2025, members of the Hopkins County Fiscal Court and Opioid Abatement Committee provided funding for a Stryker MultiGen 2 radiofrequency generator for pain treatment.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Bansal, call 270-326-6070.
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