Mobile X-ray service extended to NB LTC residents
June 7, 2023
SAINT JOHN – The Department of Health’s mobile X-ray service is being extended to long-term care residents across New Brunswick thanks to a $1.1 million investment by the provincial government. The services will be offered through the Extra-Mural Program and will allow nursing home residents to be tested in place, rather than to go through potentially stressful and physically difficult trips to the hospital. The program also frees up ambulances for other emergencies.
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