$1.5 billion needed for DI, radiologists say
October 14, 2020
OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Radiologists is calling on the federal government for a cash injection of $1.5 billion to improve the state of diagnostic imaging across the country. The request is being made, the association says, to rectify a national crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the novel coronavirus outbreak, wait times for DI exams in Canada already exceeded the recommended 30-day standard. Patients who used to wait 133 days for an MRI exam may now wait twice as long, due to the backlog of exams brought about by the pandemic.
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