DAAJING GIIDS - CT Suite Planning

Currently there is no local CT services on the Haida Gwaii islands. Time sensitive conditions are diagnosed with a CT machine. Urgent CT exams require costly ground or air ambulance transportation while no-urgent CT exams require significant travel time and cost. Permanent CT scanners are now available in a more cost effective models, which will allow physicians to diagnosis patients right in Haida Gwaii.

Northern Health Authority (NHA) biomedical team has reviewed the possible locations of a new CT Suite. Two locations have currently been proposed:
1) NGH - Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital & Health Centre
    2520 Harrision Avenue, Masset, BC

2) HGH - Haida Gwaii Hospital & Health Centre
    3209 Oceanview Drive, Daajing Giids, BC

Each of these locations will require renovations to meet the needs of a CT Suite. All facility services will be affected with adding a piece of equipment this large. Staff workflow and patient direction during construction is a concern. 

The CT equipment will be supplied by GE Healthcare. NHA needs to design a CT Suite to meet GE requirements and function within one of the existing Hospitals. Once the design is approved NHA will upon a Class C estimate that will assist with project funding requirements.