Quinte Health is ensuring it will continue to offer top-notch care and services with state-of-the-art equipment.
Over the next 14 months, three Nuclear Medicine Cameras will be replaced at Belleville General Hospital.
The regional service helps to diagnose cancer and other serious diseases.
Quinte Health President and CEO Stacey Daub says modernizing the Nuclear Medicine equipment will ensure staff and physicians have the most up-to-date tools they need to extend the best possible care for patients and keep them close to home.
Belleville General Hospital Foundation Executive Director Steve Cook says since fundraising began for the project in 2019, more than 1,500 donors contributed toward the $3.9 million goal, including a $1 million donation from the Parrott Foundation.
Parrott Foundation representatives and donors to BGHF joined Quinte Health and BGHF leaders to celebrate this important milestone and to hear from the Nuclear Medicine team directly about how the new cameras will impact care.
During the event, Daub shared her thanks to Kristin Crowe who has been open about sharing her cancer journey including the importance of the nuclear medicine cameras as a critical tool for diagnoses and supporting precision surgery and targeted treatment.
She noted the tremendous importance of having the service locally, as otherwise, it would have meant arranging for travel to Kingston or other centres for this service.
Quinte Health Nuclear Medicine Camera Replacement Project donors learn about the program, February 15, 2024. (Photo: submitted)
