BACKGROUNDER
BUDGET 2005 TARGETS REDUCING WAIT TIMES

The Williams government is improving access to diagnostic and medical services for more Newfoundlanders and Labradorians this year with an investment of $23.2 million to purchase new medical equipment, modernize diagnostic and medical equipment and expand select services in all of the province's major health care centres.

Listed below are regional funding details and the additional procedures they will provide.

 

Authority/ Hospital

Investment

Additional Services

Wait Time Reductions

EASTERN RIHA

Diagnostics

St. John's - Health Sciences Centre

One MRI unit - $2.6M(represents 2/3 cost)

2,500 exams

12 months to 8 months

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre and St. Clare's

Two CT scanners - $2.0M(represents 2/3 cost)

4,000 exams

5 weeks to less than 2 weeks

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Three nuclear medicine gamma cameras - $1.8M

1,000 exams

3-6 months to less than 3-4 months

Carbonear - Carbonear General Hospital

One Ultrasound unit - $260,000

2,600 exams

6 weeks to less than 3 weeks

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Two ultrasound units- $720,000

12,000 exams

21 weeks to 7 weeks

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Two mammography units - $1.2M

3,000 exams

6 months to less than 4 months

Vision Restoration

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Visudyne - $350,000

150 - 200 patients

To be established

Joint Replacement

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre and St. Clare's

Orthopedic joint replacement program - $2.6M

340 surgeries

To be established

Cancer

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Cancer surgery - $3.50M

740 surgeries

30% reduction

St. John' s - Dr. H Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre

Extended hours of operation for chemotherapy and radiation therapy - $225,000

Four additional hours per day

To be established

Cardiac Surgery

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Cardiac surgery - $500,000

184 cases

To be established

St. John' s - Health Sciences Centre

Echocardiograms - $750,000

900 exams

5 months to less than 5 weeks

CENTRAL RIHA

Diagnostics

Gander - James Paton Memorial Hospital

Cardiac perfusion testing and bone scans - $100,000

300 tests

7 months to 2 months for cardio perfusion tests and 9 weeks to 5 weeks for bone scans

Gander - James Paton Memorial Hospital

One mammography unit - $700,000

4,500 exams

4 months to 2 months

Gander - James Paton Memorial Hospital

One endoscopy unit - $300,000

1,000 exams

3 months to less than 6 weeks

Grand Falls-Windsor - Central NF Regional Health Centre

One mammography unit and viewer - $750,000

3,200 exams

10 months to 7 months

Grand Falls/Windsor - Central NF Regional Health Centre

Endoscopy procedures - $20,000

780 exams

8 months to 7 months

WESTERN RIHA

Corner Brook - Western Memorial Regional Hospital

One endoscopy unit - $700,000

2,400 exams

14 months to 8 months

Corner Brook - Western Memorial Regional Hospital Corner Brook

One nuclear medicine gamma camera - $800,000

1,900 exams

18-52 weeks to 10-30 weeks

Corner Brook - Western Memorial Regional Hospital Corner Brook

One ultrasound unit - $260,000

1,200 exams

6-13 months to 3-7 months

Corner Brook - Western Memorial Regional Hospital Corner Brook

One laproscopic system - $75,000

350 exams

30% reduction

LABRADOR - GRENFELL RIHA

Diagnostics

Labrador City - Capt. Wm. Jackman

One ultrasound unit with cardiac package - $270,000

250 exams

1-6 months to 1 month

Media contact: Carolyn Chaplin, Communications, (709) 729-1377, 682-5093


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