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MRI machine to hit the road in northern NB
CMAJ 2000;163(9):1185[News & analysis in PDF]


What do you do when you can't afford to put 3 MRI machines in northeastern New Brunswick? Simple. You get one machine and ferry it between 3 different sites. Under the plan, 3 regional hospital corporations will pay $250 000 each to construct temporary docking stations for the machine, while the province will pay annual operating and transportation costs of $875 000. A mobile MRI was already travelling between Moncton and Saint John. Because those cities are now installing fixed MRI machines, the mobile one will be transferred to northeastern New Brunswick, with service expected to start early in 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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