 The scanner can be used to diagnose different types of cancer |
A vital piece of equipment could be replaced in Jersey's hospital if plans are given the go ahead. The States want to replace the magnets in the island's existing MRI cancer scanner which is now seven years old.
Health is one of the areas targeted to receive part of an extra �6.5m in the States 2006 budget.
Health officials at Jersey General Hospital and the island's hospice have welcomed the news and said the scanner is a necessity.
Dr Gary Purcell Jones from Jersey Hospice said the MRI scanner does make a difference for the island's cancer sufferers.
"Apart from the issues of travel with people no longer having to go off island and the turmoil that caused, the important thing here is it's such an important diagnostic and assessment tool for the treatment of cancer which can be planned here on the island.
"It's very good for helping diagnose gynaecological, prostate and rectal cancers, brain tumours and spinal tumours."
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