Next year’s Health Department budget includes funding to replace two imaging units at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in the Regional Hospital.
Health Minister Ted Flemming tells CHSJ News the units in the cardiac catheterization lab are nearing the end of their useful life after a refurbishment 11 years ago.
The equipment uses specialized x-ray equipment that help doctors place stents in precise locations in heart arteries guiding them to ensure they get to the right place.
Flemming adds this equipment is critical to saving lives.
