Sudbury’s $7 million MRI fundraising campaign for Health Sciences North has been completed successfully and ahead of schedule.

The Health Sciences North (HSN) Foundation revealed in a news release on Tuesday that a “generous $2.25 million gift from Mississauga-based FDC Foundation “was made to successfully complete the HSN’s Unlock the Potential fundraising campaign to purchase a new 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) model and upgrade the existing MRI scanner at HSN.

“Reaching this exciting milestone in the campaign means that patients across Northeastern Ontario can soon look forward to shorter wait times for high quality MRI scans and faster diagnosis”, said the HSN Foundation.

FDC Foundation’s gift brings the Unlock the Potential MRI campaign – a joint fundraising initiative of HSN Foundation, NEO Kids Foundation and the Northern Cancer Foundation – to completion ahead of schedule and at a critical time, said the foundation.

The sole MRI at HSN is already operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and it is still a challenge to keep up with patient needs. The addition of the second MRI by the end of the year will add capacity to current operations – providing patients with the opportunity to move closer to the provincial target time of 28 days, while the current average wait time for some patients at HSN is 84 days or more, said the release.

Anthony Keating, the president and chief development officer for foundations and volunteer groups at HSN was more than pleased with the gift from FDC.

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