MRI Scans

• NDP calls for Moe to end ‘MRI experiment’ after funding loss

  Sask. Health Minister Paul Merriman says the government recently procured an extra 3,000 MRI scans to address the surgical backlog, but critics say the program should be stopped.

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2023
  
• Alberta will have $13.8M deducted from health transfers because patients paid for services: feds

  Ottawa says there's evidence of Albertans 'paying out of pocket to access diagnostic services such as ultrasounds, MRI and CT scans... that should be accessible at no cost.'

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023
  
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• B.C. completes record-breaking number of MRI and CT scans

  The annual scan progress report, released on Thursday, shows the province performed 296,211 MRIs in the 2021/22 fiscal year.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2022
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• Second MRI machine at Peterborough Regional Health Centre to begin patient scans in March

  Peterborough Regional Health Centre says MRI scanning has increased by 53 per cent at the hospital over the past four years.

  Health

  Feb 4, 2022
• Brain imaging, machine learning show promising results in PTSD treatment: London, Ont. researchers

  The new study used machine learning to classify with 92 per cent accuracy which subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder people had based on MRI scans.

  Science

  Jan 15, 2019
• MRI scans suggest transgender people’s brains resemble their identified gender: study

  The brains of transgender people who identify as men resemble biologically male brains in some ways and vice versa, research suggests.

  Health

  May 24, 2018
• Ottawa to continue MRI discussions with Saskatchewan

  The federal government said Wednesday that it has not changed its position on the issue of private-pay MRI services in Saskatchewan.

  Politics

  Jan 18, 2017
• Saskatchewan reaches health-care funding deal with feds

  Saskatchewan is now the fourth province to make a bilateral deal with the federal government on health-care transfers.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2017
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• Federal health minister tells Saskatchewan to stop private MRIs

  The federal health minister is asking the Saskatchewan government to "put an end" to the province's private-pay MRI services.

  Health

  Nov 28, 2016
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• Saskatchewan law allowing people to privately pay for MRIs kicks in

  Legislation that allows people to pay privately for MRI scans has come into force in Saskatchewan.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2016