CT Scanners to be Upgraded in Lloydminster and North Battleford
Patients and medical teams in west central Saskatchewan will have access to faster, safer medical imaging services once the aging computed tomography (CT) scanners at Battlefords Union Hospital and Lloydminster Hospital are replaced.
The Saskatchewan government is providing $1.2 million, half the estimated cost for the purchase of the two scanners. Provincial funding will be matched by support from local communities, through the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation and Lloydminster Region Health Foundation.
“Investments like this improve patient access to specialized medical imaging services at hospitals across Saskatchewan,” Health Minister Jim Reiter said. “We are putting patients first by providing enhanced care and safer equipment while helping reduce wait times.”
The replacement scanners will provide a major improvement in the speed and quality of diagnostic images, substantially reducing each patient’s radiation exposure. Prairie North Health Region provides CT services to more than 10,000 patients each year. Offering specialized services within the health region reduces the need for patients to travel to other centres.


