Province updating, expanding diagnostic services at Grace Hospital
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.99/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 24/01/2020 (2262 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The provincial government has announced further investments at Grace Hospital to improve its capacity to conduct medical tests.
A section of the hospital will be renovated to create a centralized location for all diagnostic imaging services, Health Minister Cameron Friesen said.
New equipment will be purchased, including a new gamma camera for use in nuclear medicine, a second CT scanner and a new fully digital X-ray machine to speed access to high-resolution imaging.
The hospital’s existing CT scanner will also be upgraded.
Cost estimates were not released.
The project will bring together several services currently located in different areas of the hospital, with construction to be completed in phases to minimize the impact on patient care, the province said in a news release.
The Grace Hospital Foundation will support the renovation with a capital campaign, the government said.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
In 2018, the hospital opened a new $43.8-million emergency department.
With the reorganization of the city’s hospital system, the Grace is one of only three remaining acute-care hospitals in Winnipeg, along with Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospital.
History
Updated on Friday, January 24, 2020 4:47 PM CST: Headline fixed.