MRI

• Alberta-made Linac-MR machine combining MRI and radiation could revolutionize cancer treatments

  The Linac-MR is being hailed a medical breakthrough that can do an MRI and radiation at the same time — providing the world's most advanced radiation therapy for cancer tumours.

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  Feb 4
  
• Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital to get MRI machine

  Strathroy Middlesex Hospital will be getting an MRI machine after the province announced it will fund the operating cost on Friday.

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  Jan 20
  
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• RVH to add third MRI machine to address backlog

  Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre will add a third MRI machine within the next two years to help address a massive backlog of patients in need.

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  Jan 10
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• Ontario invests $20M in operating costs for new MRI machines

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the money will be geared toward small and rural hospitals who do not yet have MRI machines.

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  Dec 12, 2022
• Some Alberta imaging procedures postponed due to global dye shortage

  Alberta Health Services said on Friday imaging procedures will only be deferred if it is clinically safe to do so.

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  Jun 10, 2022
• 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.

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  Jun 9, 2022
• Advocates call for health-care improvements ahead of Ontario election

  "For a child, it'll take twice as long to get an MRI than for the average adult in Ontario ... kids are waiting way too long."

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  May 23, 2022
• B.C. has lowest wait times in Canada for hip and knee replacement surgeries

  British Columbia ranks second nationally in patients meeting the clinical benchmarks for both hip and knee replacements and first for cataract surgeries.

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  May 10, 2022
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• Portable MRI machine could revolutionize health care, Ontario doctors say

  Swoop, a portable MRI scanner created by Hyperfine in the U.S., can be wheeled to patients to perform the scan instead of the other way around.

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  Apr 11, 2022
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• MRI hours at Saskatoon hospital reduced due to ‘recent critical shortage’: SHA

  The Saskatchewan Health Authority cites 'unanticipated staff attrition' for shortages. NDP Opposition Leader Ryan Meili says public MRI staff are joining private clinics.

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  Feb 11, 2022