The executive director of St. Joseph's Hospital is travelling to Regina next week with local committee members for a scheduled meeting with provincial Health Minister Dustin Duncan.
The main purpose of the session will be the acquisition of a CT scanner for the local hospital in order to serve the southeast region by upgrading the imaging and diagnostic services.
"We're giving him (Duncan) the 'can't say no' proposal and we feel the argument we can make is a compelling one where he should be receptive," said Greg Hoffort.
A schedule for training staff on the equipment could follow in rapid order.
The executive director said that Estevan's health community has to be continually conscious of the fact "we serve the entire area and we just came out of a physician crisis situation in this city, but the problems exist elsewhere in the region. We need to work with them to improve health care everywhere and the municipal sectors could get involved too."
Hoffort then added that "we will not be without a CT scanner for another whole year. We're following the steps necessary to ensure we get one. The answer can't be no, that's not on anymore."
