The Ontario government is investing in operating additional MRI machines at Grand River Hospital and St. Mary's General Hospital. While funding from the government will cover the day-to-day operations and maintenance of a second MRI machine at Grand River Hospital, we need donor support to cover the cost of the new machine itself.
Thanks to a recent investment by Equitable Life of Canada, the hospital already has a new MRI machine that became operational last year; it replaced the hospital's previous machine from 2003.
A second new MRI machine at Grand River Hospital, however, will mean that people across the Waterloo region will have more access to vital diagnostic MRI services and experience shorter wait times—it will be a game changer that brings us one step closer to a world class health system right here for our community.
Currently, Grand River Hospital performs 17,000 MRIs annually, and the addition of a second MRI machine will allow us to provide services to an additional 4,500 patients each year. Thanks to the generous support of our community, we anticipate that this additional MRI machine will be operational in early 2023.
Any donations made beyond our fundraising goal for the second MRI machine will support the highest priority needs of Patient Experience at Grand River Hospital.
In December 2021, we granted over $1,310,125 to fund the current MRI machine. In December 2022, we granted over an additional $631,457 for MRI.
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