{"id":629891,"date":"2026-10-14T01:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/629891\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:48:15","slug":"indigenous-owned-medical-imaging-clinic-unveils-3-4-million-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/629891\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous-owned medical imaging clinic unveils $3.4 million expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3b4f1302-9ea7-4450-8805-38ebd2b84914.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: ID 77238187 \u00a9  Tyler Olson | Dreamstime.com)<\/p>\n<p>By Mia Holowaychuk\/CKOM<\/p>\n<p>Local involvement<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 13, 2026 | 4:55 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A $3.4-million expansion at a Saskatoon clinic in Market Mall was unveiled Thursday, aimed at giving Saskatchewan patients <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ckom.com\/2026\/01\/07\/saskatoon-pet-scanner-operating-at-half-capacity-regina-still-awaiting-details-on-new-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">faster access to medical imaging services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion at National Medical Imaging includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ckom.com\/2026\/07\/28\/mobile-ct-scanner-to-fill-gap-at-saskatoon-city-hospital-during-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">an additional MRI unit<\/a>, bone-density diagnostic equipment and a C-arm imaging system.<\/p>\n<p>National Medical Imaging executive director, Darin Humphreys, said one of the expansion\u2019s biggest additions is the new 1.5T MRI system, bringing the facility\u2019s total to two.<\/p>\n<p>He said the machine will allow the clinic to see more patients, distribute exams more efficiently, and offer more specialized imaging services requested by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: ID 77238187 \u00a9 Tyler Olson | Dreamstime.com) By Mia Holowaychuk\/CKOM Local involvement Oct 13, 2026 |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-629891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}