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CMH needs our

help to purchase

a new MRI by the

end of 2024.

When Dr. Winnie Lee arrived The MRI is one of the most powerful pieces of equipment that we have
at Cambridge Memorial and for our doctors, it brings answers. It brings the answers that gives
Hospital (CMH) in 2008, the a path forward for our patients,” she explains, adding “as a radiologist,
Hospital did not yet have an I have seen this first-hand. MRI images are key to making a diagnosis,
MRI. to determine the course of treatment, and contributing to the best
outcomes for our patients. That patient may be our neighbour, a friend,
Patients requiring one were
sent out of the city. “Coming a family member, or even yourself.”
from Toronto where MRIs Lisa Short, Executive Director of CMH Foundation, noted that the $5
were common, I was very aware of the benefits of MRI to patient care,” Million needed to purchase the MRI comes from community donations.
remarked Dr. Lee. She adds, “CMH needed its own MRI and thanks to “Community dollars fund 100% of the equipment and technology in
community generosity it arrived in 2012. It really placed CMH on the our Hospital. We’re very grateful to local residents, businesses and
imaging map and helped us attract radiologists and specialists in fields service clubs throughout Cambridge and North Dumfries who support
like neurology and oncology to the Hospital and our community, expert us. Our patients deserve the best, and our goal to raise $5 Million by
physicians who require MRI scans to treat patients.” the end of 2024 for an MRI will best serve our community. Every gift is
After 12 years of continuous service, CMH’s hard working MRI is important, no matter the size.”
due for replacement. Once again, Dr. Lee is encouraging residents to Diagnostic Imaging’s equipment costs represent about 40% of the
support CMH Foundation’s $5 Million Spotlight MRI fundraising effort Hospital’s overall equipment needs over the next few years. As CMH’s
to purchase a new, more advanced MRI. To date, Spotlight MRI has programs and services expand, so too does the need for new and
already raised over $3 Million thanks to the overwhelming support of replacement equipment, such as the MRI, and other tools essential for
our community. Now is the time to close the campaign and bring a new care.
MRI to CMH. Dr. Lee adds a final thought, saying “We hope with the community’s
As both Chief of Staff and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Dr. Lee generosity, we will have the funds to purchase the MRI in 2024.”
understands the importance of MRI to patient care. “I’m very excited to and adding with a smile, “It will mark my sixteenth year milestone
champion a new MRI,” Dr. Lee explains. “Consider all the technological at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, which would make it a very special
advances over the last decade, MRIs and imaging equipment have also sixteenth anniversary, indeed.”
seen the same level of improvements. Today’s MRIs are faster with To find out more about Spotlight MRI and to make a donation, visit
enhanced imaging features that allow radiologists better diagnostic www.cmhfoundation.ca/MRI.
assessments for the patient and their healthcare team. With a new
hospital, and a growing community, a state-of-the art MRI with the
latest technology at CMH is more important than ever,”
Equally important to her professional roles, Dr. Lee is a Cambridge
resident, raising her family in our community. “I’m a neighbour, a wife,
and a mother and I want what’s best for the health of all residents.