Offering a warm welcome to new MRI are (l-r) Dr. Tom Chau, vice president, research, Holland Bloorview, and director, Bloorview Research Institute; Dr. Tomáš Paus, distinguished senior scientist, Holland Bloorview; Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, child neurologist and senior clinician scientist, Holland Bloorview; Gabriel, Holland Bloorview client; Rob Oliphant, MP, Don Valley West; Julia Hanigsberg, president and CEO, Holland Bloorview.
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) happily received delivery of its specialized magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI) Saturday. It will be housed in a soon-to-be-built world-class MRI suite at the hospital. The MRI suite will be the first in Canada to be immersive, customizable, child-friendly and fully accessible. It will include assessment and waiting areas designed to put children and families at ease with a customizable immersive environment. It will also feature child-selectable lighting, images, and projections to create a unique experience for each individual undergoing a scan. The MRI suite is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019.