Sheep River Health Trust - Second CR Reader Donated

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The Sheep River Health Trust is pleased to announce that they have met and exceeded all of their fundraising goals for 2010. With this success, they were able to fund a second CR Reader, valued at $40,000 for the Diagnostic Imaging Department at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre.
The CR Reader develops the images from pictures taken with the x-ray machine and the Technologists can manipulate and enhance the image for the Radiologist and Physicians to read using the CR Reader.
Currently, the Diagnostic Imaging Department at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre sees approximately 1200 patients per month. They have one machine that is used for outpatients with a requisition and patients sent from Urgent Care.
The second reader will reduce down time due to reader malfunction, maintenance or service. The CR Reader will increase the productivity of staff and reduce patient wait times at the health and wellness centre” said Wade T. Cooper, Supervisor of the Diagnostic Imaging Department at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre.
Through supporting the provision of a second CR Reader, the Trust is ensuring that our rural patients receive quality healthcare when they need it without having to be sent off-site for a simple procedure.
Since 1994, the Sheep River Health Trust, formerly known as the Oilfields/Okotoks Health Foundation, has raised over $2.5 million for health-related programs, services and equipment urgently needed in our local area. Last year alone, the Trust raised $300,000 to help deliver optimal health care to our communities. If you would like to support rural health care in your community, please call us at 403-995-5400. Together we make a difference!