The Foundation's President and CEO Tim Cameron says there is a case for the technology at the Regional hospital because it's a tertiary care centre.Cameron tells CHSJ News says they had fears along the way that the government might ask them to contribute more than a million the foundation had offered to help defray the cost.
Cameron says the 3T MRI is a highly advanced machine used for tertiary care hospitals while he describes the 1.5T MRI unit as the workhorse used in most MRI scanning.
The Department of Health telling CHSJ News that Saint John will be receiving a 1.5T MRI.
The 3T MRI is a highly advanced machine mainly used for neuro surgery.
