The introduction of an advanced X-ray system at West Coast General Hospital is significantly enhancing medical imaging capabilities. This cutting-edge technology replaces the existing X-ray system, improving diagnostic accuracy and patient care.
Residents of North Vancouver Island now have access to diagnostic medical imaging closer to home with the installation of a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner at Port Hardy Hospital.
Island Health has partnered with Camosun College to open an outpatient ultrasound clinic embedded within Camosun’s School of Health and Human Services. Campus Ultrasound is the first clinic of its kind in the country to support on-site learning.
Island Health is advising community members and visitors to the area that non-urgent X-ray services will be temporarily unavailable at Tofino General Hospital on January 10 to allow for equipment maintenance.
A listing of locations offering medical imaging services such as MRI's, Ultrasounds, and X-Rays.
In April, Island Health announced a review of 529 diagnostic imaging reports (CT scans) from a radiologist who worked as a locum for Island Health at various times between January 2013 and February 2016.
ISLAND WIDE – As we welcome 2018, confirmed outbreaks of Influenza A are appearing in long-term care facilities in the Nanaimo-Parksville area. Also, there are sporadic laboratory reports of people in communities throughout Vancouver Island with confirmed cases of the flu.
While the flu is often a short-term inconvenience for healthy people, it is among the leading causes of death in Canada*. If you are ill, please do not visit hospitals, residential care or assisted living facilities.
The BC Cancer Agency’s Screening Mammography Program provides free, regular mammograms to BC women from the age of 40 without a doctor’s referral.
In the screening of women without symptoms, mammography remains the most reliable method of detecting abnormalities.