The Provincial Government is providing $2 million to the Western Regional Hospital Foundation to be allocated towards a PET Scanner at the new acute care hospital in Corner Brook. The announcement was made today by the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, and the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Immigration, Skills and Labour and MHA for Corner Brook.
Through this initiative, $2 million will be held in trust by the Western Regional Hospital Foundation. Given the changing and innovative nature of health care in this province, the funding will be released for the purchase and installation of a PET scanner upon recommendation of the cancer care providers who would deliver the care.
A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner is a non-invasive, nuclear imaging technology that allows detailed diagnostic measurements of physiological and biochemical processes within the body.
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“The new long term care facility is complete, and the transfer of residents to the new facility continues. The $2 million is in trust for the people of Western Newfoundland and Labrador to purchase equipment for the new hospital.”
Honourable John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services
“Our government has long-championed for a new, regional hospital in Corner Brook. With construction well underway, today I am pleased to join Minister Haggie in strengthening our government’s commitment to the people of western Newfoundland and laying out our approach to bringing a PET scanner to the area. This state-of-the-art hospital will improve the quality of care to residents.”
Honourable Gerry Byrne
Minister of Immigration, Skills and Labour and MHA for Corner Brook
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