Clinicians and managers in the medical imaging department at Humber River Hospital in Toronto don’t miss having to compete with everyone else for capital budgets to replace aging equipment. The Managed Equipment Service (MES) contract the hospital signed with GE Healthcare in 2015 put an end to that.
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HALIFAX – The QEII Foundation has announced a $20-million gift, its largest, single donation received to date. The MacDonald family donated $20 million to the QEII Foundation to help transform cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, N. S., the specialized referral centre for the Atlantic provinces.
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LONDON, Ont. – London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF) is proud to announce a $1 million gift from Keith and Leanne Lavergne (pictured) of Lasalle, Ontario in support of the Division of Urology at London Health Sciences Centre. Keith, a grateful patient of Dr. Alp Sener, wanted to give back to the care team and hospital that helped save his life and give him so much more than money could ever buy – time with his loved ones.
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LONDON, Ont. – The London Health Sciences Centre, London’s largest employer, is undergoing a leadership restructuring. Part of the restructuring includes creating two new president positions, one each for Victoria and University hospitals.
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VANCOUVER – The Government of British Columbia announced that the business plan for the second phase of expansion of the Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Surgical Centre at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) has been approved. Phase 2 will include 13 new operating rooms and 38 new perioperative patient bays, transforming the second floor of JPN into a state-of-the art surgical facility.
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TORONTO – Jack Nathan Medical Corp. and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. announced that they have signed an agreement to drive rapid expansion of additional Jack Nathan Medical Clinics across Canada. Jack Nathan Health is an independent provider of medical clinics located in Walmart Canada stores under the Jack Nathan Health brand.
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TORONTO – Ontario is investing over $1 billion in several major redevelopment and expansion projects for the Scarborough Health Network. Scarborough Health Network – with three hospitals and five satellite centres – currently provides care to more than 832,000 people in one of Canada’s most diverse communities.
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NEWMARKET, Ont. – The Ontario government is investing $5 million to expand Southlake Regional Health Centre. This funding will support planning to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and redevelop the existing site to meet the growing demand for services and improve access to high-quality health care for residents of York Region and Simcoe County.
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KINGSTON, Ont. – The first thing visitors to the Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) new Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) facility will notice is how welcoming and bright the new building is.
The state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot complex brings together breast imaging services and procedures from the Hotel Dieu Hospital and the former Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) sites under one roof. Located on John Marks Avenue in Kingston’s east end, the facility boasts new, up-to-date equipment including a novel prone breast biopsy table.
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EDMONTON – Members of the public will now be able to pull out their “crypto wallet” and donate to the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, since it has become the first health-care foundation in Alberta to accept donations in cryptocurrency.
The Edmonton Sun reports that Glenrose has partnered with The Giving Block to accept a number of different cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin.
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