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 |