The North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) board of directors voted in favour of supporting a pre-capital submission for a positron emission tomography suite (PET-CT) in Sudbury during a board meeting Thursday.
In December 2015, Health Sciences North learned the provincial government will provide the hospital with up to $1.6 million in operating funding for a permanent PET scanner once the community and the hospital have raised the necessary capital.
In June, the hospital provided a pre-capital submission to the LHIN for a suite to house the scanner.
As it does not an existing space (3,800 square feet), the hospital is now requesting funding of approximately $4 million from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care’s Capital Investment Branch to build a space to house the unit.
The North East LHIN board voted in favour of supporting this request at its June 9 meeting, which means the application can now proceed to the Ministry.
“We support this investment that will bring care and treatment opportunities closer to home for Northerners,” said Chair Danielle Belanger-Corbin, in a press release.
“This submission is also in line with our strategic priorities of improving access, care coordination and sustainability.”
