Ontario Celebrates Completion of New Diagnostic Imaging Department in Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH — The Ontario government is celebrating the completion of Scarborough Health Network’s (SHN) new Northpine Diagnostic Imaging Department at their General Hospital site, connecting more people to the world-class diagnostic care they need, close to home.

“Our government is protecting Ontario’s provincial health care system by ensuring that more people in Scarborough and across Toronto can connect to convenient diagnostic care, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “With Scarborough Health Network’s new state-of-the-art Northpine Diagnostic Imaging Department, we are making it faster and easier for more people to access MRI’s, mammograms and other important diagnostic services, in their community, for years to come.”

Supported by a provincial investment of up to $36.6 million, the new 36,000-square-foot department will double the space for imaging services at Scarborough Health Network’s General Hospital to become one of the most advanced, modern imaging facilities in Toronto. This facility will bring together and support SHN’s dedicated team of radiologists, medical radiation and imaging technologists, specialized nurses, and other related staff, who perform over 333,000 diagnostic imaging exams annually across their health network.

Through this new state-of-the-art department, people and families in the region will have access to the following services:

  • two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, including the first 3-Tesla MRI in Scarborough, which will support over 12,800 scans each year and reduce wait times to access critical diagnostic imaging
  • an innovative breast imaging centre, equipped with an additional mammography room which will allow SHN to increase the number of breast screenings from approximately 9,500 to 15,000 – an increase of over 58 per cent
  • dedicated suites for nuclear medicine, computed tomography, MRI, and ultrasound
  • a full radiology unit with two procedure rooms, a preparation and recovery bay, and a dedicated nurses’ station, allowing SHN to almost double the number of procedures to 2,500 annually

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