Newsroom The new MRI will allow the hospital to expand basic MRI services, providing
faster and more accurate diagnoses to the 450,000 people in our community.
The addition of Breast MRI capability will expand our breast diagnostics
to give women a better chance to beat breast cancer with more accurate
results for improved treatment choices. The long-awaited high resolution MRI arrived at the hospital by crane on Sepember. 22, 2006. On the roof for this special delivery were, from left: Bonnie Adamson, President & CEO; Susan Kwolek, Vice President & Chief Nursing Executive (with responsibility for Medical Imaging); Cindy Draycott, Director, Medical Imaging & Cardio Respiratory; Tony Humphries, Director, Building Services; Dr. Liz LaMere, Chief and Medical Director, Medical Imaging; and Mary Clare Egberts, Senior Vice President, Operations. This second MRI is a significant part of our plan to create a Centre for Medical Imaging Excellence for which we are fundraising $7.4 million," says Bonnie Adamson, President and CEO, North York General Hospital. "Medical imaging impacts nearly all areas of the hospital and improving our Medical Imaging services ensures we can meet Ministry of Health priorities, support the increased volumes in our cancer services with improved diagnoses and support our physicians by improving the wait times for the patients they refer." The new Centre for Medical Imaging Excellence will include new suites
for Interventional Radiology and Ultrasound, a multi-purpose Angiography
and Fluoroscopy Room, a new CT Suite with 2 scanners and new suites
for General Radiography. North York General also recently received an
additional $1,441,400 for MRI funding from the Ministry of Health and
Long-Term Care as part of the government's Wait Time Strategy. This
increase will allow North York General Hospital to provide an additional
3,744 hours of operation on the MRI machines, which provides 5,616 more
exams for our community. The MRI with breast imaging capabilities will
join mammography and ultrasound in the comprehensive breast cancer services
at North York General Hospital. "The high demand for MRI examinations reflects changes in medical standards of practice," says Dr. Liz LaMere, Chief, Medical Imaging. "As always, those most in need are prioritized first but we hope by being able to provide scanning services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from November to March 2007, we will reduce our six month waiting list for elective non-urgent examinations. The second MRI, which replaces the old open tunnel MRI, will open in November and Breast MRI should be in operation by January 2007." North York General Hospital, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is one of Canada's leading community teaching hospitals. We provide a wide range of acute care, ambulatory and long-term care services across three sites to help our culturally diverse community embrace health. Our four clinical priorities are Regional Maternal Newborn and Paediatric Care; Cancer Care; Family and Community Medicine; and, Care of the Elderly. Our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do. Our focus is to provide innovative and compassionate care for the whole person throughout all stages of life, across generations. We are a nationally recognized leader in genetics, paediatrics, neonatal critical care and emergency services. Home to one of the largest and strongest network of family physicians in Canada, we offer patients, from newborns to seniors, a broad range of interdependent diagnostic and clinical health care services. For more information, contact:
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