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By James Peters

Medical Imaging

Royal Inland CT scanner back in service after malfunction earlier this week

Feb 24, 2023 | 3:28 PM

KAMLOOPS — Some relief for the medical imaging department at Royal Inland Hospital.

Interior Health (IH) says one of the department’s two CT scanners has been repaired and is back in service.

The machine went down on Tuesday (Feb. 21) and the hospital had to obtain parts in order to get it back up and running.

In the interim, RIH had no working CT scanners. The other scanner was damaged beyond repair by a flood in December. IH says that a replacement is still on track to be installed next month.

While both scanners were down, IH said about 20 appointments per day were either postponed or referred to hospitals in Salmon Arm or Vernon, not including referrals from the hospital’s emergency department or inpatient wards.

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