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Coffs Cancer Centre boosted by $5.8m MRI funding
April 19th, 2010 | 
Author: In mid April 2010, it was announced that Coffs Harbour will become the first rural centre in the state to receive a magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI) in a public hospital. The funding is part of the Federal Government’s $560 million funding of regional cancer facilities.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a $19.7 million investment into North Coast Cancer Institute (NCCI) and $5.8 million of this is to fund the purchase, housing and some staffing for an MRI machine in Coffs Harbour.
Operating under the umbrella of North Coast Area Health Service, NCCI provides integrated cancer services across the region, and Coffs Harbour is one of its principal locations.
Coffs Harbour currently has an MRI machine available in the private sector only. “It’s worth remembering that nearly three-quarters of our patients do not have private health insurance in this area,” said NCCI director of radiology Shadley Fataar.
Tom Shakespeare, the NCCI director of area cancer services, said: “No doubt when you have cutting edge services, (which) this enhancement provides, you are far more likely to attract highly specialised staff, including specialised doctors”.
It will be up to two years before the MRI scans its first patient. Once funding is released construction will be needed to house the MRI machine and then several months of testing is required to ensure it is calibrated correctly.
Read the full Coffs Coast Independent story of 15 April here.
Comprehensive information for health professionals about relocating to the Coffs Coast is available on the Coffs Coast Health website.
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