Cumulus is excited to announce the start of construction of an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) addition at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland. This is a significant milestone in enhancing healthcare services in the region. The new MRI addition will help reduce wait times – both locally and across the region as GBGH’s local patients will not be on MRI waitlists at facilities in Barrie or Orillia. The space will be operational in early 2025.

From Georgian Bay General Hospital

Matthew Lawson, president and CEO of GBGH, expressed his enthusiasm for the project, stating, “The commencement of construction on our new MRI addition marks a crucial step forward in our strategy to grow our services at GBGH to align with current and future needs of our community. This state-of-the-art facility will not only improve patient care by providing an important diagnostic procedure, but also enables us to meet the growing demand for diagnostic imaging services across the region due to population growth and our aging population.”

“Sometimes we’ll have a patient come in with a non-critical head injury or a suspected brain bleed and when we send them for the CT scan, the report will come back saying we need further imaging from an MRI. Waitlists for an outpatient MRI are many months long. By bringing an MRI to GBGH we will vastly reduce wait times in our region and be a direct benefit to patients both in-hospital and within our community.” – Lisa Davies, ED Nurse, Georgian Bay General Hospital

For more information about the MRI addition project or to make a donation, please visit: https://gbghf.ca/current-needs/mri/