After dealing with border delays, Windsor Regional Hospital has finally received the highly anticipated PET-CT scanner.
The 68,000-pound scanner arrived by transport truck on Saturday afternoon.
PET/CT scanner getting delivered at Windsor Regional Hospital. (Photo via Windsor Regional Hospital Twitter)
A PET scan creates 3D images that show how cells work in the body while a CT scan uses X-ray equipment to produce images of the inside of the body. Both are used in helping diagnose cancers.
According to Windsor Regional Hospital's Twitter page, staff will be trained on the new equipment over the new few weeks with patients getting to use it towards the end of May.
Hospital CEO David Musyj told Blackburn News previously that the costs of the scanner were covered by the Ministry of Health and Cancer Care Ontario.
“We were lucky enough, as a region, to need a new replacement of a PET/CT and the Government of Ontario came forward, and Cancer Care Ontario said ‘you’re going to be the first’,” he said.
The scanner will be replacing an older model that was at the hospital. It will be transferred to the site of the new acute care hospital once construction is complete.
—with files from Adelle Loiselle
