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Northern Health leaders and staff in Terrace joined with the Northwest Regional Hospital District today to mark a milestone in diagnostic imaging services at Mills Memorial Hospital. The new MRI unit at Mills Memorial has now performed its first 500 exams.

“This milestone means that hundreds of residents of Northwest B.C. have been able to receive important diagnostic imaging services closer to home,” said Northern Health Board of Directors chairperson, Colleen Nyce. “This is a key aim of our overall strategy to help improve access to medical imaging technology in northern B.C.”

Northern Health leaders and staff in Fort St. John joined with the Peace River Regional Hospital District, the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation and the Hospital Auxiliary today to mark a milestone in diagnostic imaging services in northeast B.C. The new MRI unit at Fort St. John Hospital has now performed its first 300 exams.

As of today, all visitors to Northern Health (NH) facilities are being asked to wear a surgical mask if they haven’t received their annual flu shot. The policy is part of the province’s strategy to prevent the spread of flu and protect already vulnerable patients from a potentially fatal infection.

Northern Health is supporting the development of a community health plan for Chetwynd and area for the next three to five years, and gathering input from a variety of stakeholders around health and health services.

Northern Health is supporting the development of a community health plan for Fort Nelson and area for the next three to five years, and gathering input from a variety of stakeholders around health and health services.

Northern Health is looking for community partners with ideas for projects that will improve the health of those living, working, learning and playing in northern BC. The next opportunity to apply for IMAGINE Community Grants begins November 1, 2017.

IMAGINE grants provide funding to community organizations, service agencies, Indigenous organizations, schools, municipalities, regional districts, and other partners with projects that support northerners in their efforts to stay healthy.

At the latest regular board meeting in Prince George, the Northern Health board of directors expressed thanks to staff and Northern Health partners for their dedication and compassion for evacuees from this summer’s wildfire emergency.

Northern Health staff and physicians provided care for inpatients, long-term care and assisted living residents, renal, maternity, and palliative care patients. Together with its physician partners, NH also provided primary care and community services for the evacuees who came to Quesnel and Prince George over the course of the summer.

Northern Health and the BC Cancer Agency are pleased to announce the official opening of the new Breast Imaging Clinic at UHNBC in Prince George.

The Clinic brings together new, state-of-the-art digital mammography and ultrasound equipment and a dedicated team of radiologists and technologists, enabling women to have their screening mammograms and, if required, diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds in one location. This will improve access to services, and result in less time between screening, and diagnosis and treatment.