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By Kate Oldfield,
Bass Coast Health
WONTHAGGI Hospital will soon have MRI (magnetic resoning imaging) services available as a result of the strong partnership with BCH and I-Med Radiology.
The current plan is that from early July, patients will be able to have their MRI scans at the hospital, avoiding lengthy trips to Melbourne and central Gippsland.
Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child said the MRI service is an important step to ensure state-of-the art diagnostic services are available to the Bass Coast community.
Bass Coast Health
WONTHAGGI Hospital will soon have MRI (magnetic resoning imaging) services available as a result of the strong partnership with BCH and I-Med Radiology.
The current plan is that from early July, patients will be able to have their MRI scans at the hospital, avoiding lengthy trips to Melbourne and central Gippsland.
Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child said the MRI service is an important step to ensure state-of-the art diagnostic services are available to the Bass Coast community.
The building to house the much-needed MRI machine came in modules and these individual modules, weighing 7-13 tonne, were craned into the Wonthaggi Hospital grounds last weekend.
“The hospital site was busy with engineers, riggers, semi-trailers and a huge crane which hovered over the hospital’s skyline,” Ms Child said.
The new MRI shell will be fitted out on-site over the next few weeks.
“The hospital site was busy with engineers, riggers, semi-trailers and a huge crane which hovered over the hospital’s skyline,” Ms Child said.
The new MRI shell will be fitted out on-site over the next few weeks.
At present you can get such things as as knee scans at Warragul but head scans need to be done at Latrobe Regional.