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Everything to know about the April 8 eclipse in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #eclipse | SaltWireST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Data obtained through a SaltWire access to information request with the provincial health authority paints a bleak picture of MRI wait times in Newfoundland and Labrador.
That means some people who received MRIs at the Health Sciences Centre last fall waited 21 times longer than they should have. Just over two weeks ago, Alanna McDonald, a mother of three, faced a 16-hour invasive brain surgery to extract a tumour. She said surgery could have been avoided if she had an MRI on time.
Also at St. Clare’s last fall, 325 people had non-urgent MRIs. The median wait time was 296 days. Ninety per cent of people waited fewer than 438 days, while 10 per cent waited longer.
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