NIVERVILLE, MAN. – The Town of Niverville, Man. is partnering with a private company to build a new diagnostic centre to try and slice the length wait times down for life-saving imaging services.
Niverville Heritage Holdings Inc. (NHHI) has announced an agreement in principle with the Town of Niverville, Liver Care Canada, Felipe Campusano and Yves Kimbo for the construction of a new 2,400-square-foot diagnostic services centre. Scheduled for completion by fall of 2018, the centre will include diagnostic services including MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray and a medical laboratory.
The new Heritage Life Diagnostic Centre will include state-of-the-art imaging and lab services that will support the Heritage Centre’s soon-to-be opened Sante Ouverte-Open Health Niverville collaborative medical centre, a partnership between Sante Sud-Southern Health, the Niverville Medical Clinic, NHHI and the Town of Niverville.
The Heritage Life Diagnostic Centre will add to the Niverville Heritage Centre campus which already includes independent seniors housing, assisted living, supportive housing, long-term care, a children’s day care, dental centre, a medical centre, restaurant, community health and social services as well as an event centre.
In a press release, NHHI noted that it envisions the new centre as "an innovative solution to provide much needed imaging capacity for organizations like Manitoba Public Insurance, Workers Compensation Board, insurance companies and professional sports teams who currently utilize public facilities, on a fee basis, for imaging services."
With wait times for imaging in Manitoba sometimes reaching six months, many travel across the border to North Dakota. To offer a local option, the centre will offer services on a graduated fee basis, based on income, through NHHI’s new not-for-profit Heritage Life Community Health Services division, the release reads.
Using a concept similar to that of a public-private partnership, the centre will be donated to the Town of Niverville debt free in 25 years.
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