Sioux Lookout Lion’s Club Makes Donation to Local MRI Campaign

The Sioux Lookout Lion’s Club in Sioux Lookout recently made a $1,000 donation to the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre Foundation to help bring local MRI services another step closer to becoming a reality at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

MRI Services at SLMHC will provide much needed diagnostic imaging services to over 50,000 North Western Ontario residents making equitable and timely access to health care more feasible for many. Services will benefit not only people living in Sioux Lookout and throughout the neighboring 31 surrounding communities (including many First Nation Communities accessible only by air), but will provide some relief financially and with less travel for much of the Northwestern region including those in Dryden, Ignace, Machin, Eagle Lake, Vermillion Bay, Wabigoon Lake, Balmertown and Red Lake. Currently, patients in these areas endure wait times and required travel for MRI scans in both Thunder Bay and Winnipeg. An MRI unit at SLMHC will improve access to health care service for our patients, and it will reduce wait times as patients look to access MRI scans. 

We wish to express sincere gratitude to the Sioux Lookout Lion’s Club for their generous donation. The goal of bringing MRI services to our own backyard here in Sioux Lookout gets closer to reality with every donation. For more information or to donate today, visit slmhc.on.ca/foundation or contact Donor Relations/Operations Coordinator, Melissa Slade at 807-737-7997 or by email at foundation@slmhc.on.ca

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