TUBA CITY, AZ –Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its new 841-square-foot Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Building, Thursday, October 22, 2009 located in TCRHCC’s main Hospital building. As an integral part of the Hospital’s shift to provide advanced diagnostic imaging and medical care, the Regional Healthcare Center marks the beginning of a new phase of development and growth, allowing TCRHCC to efficiently meet the needs of patients across the Western Navajo Nation and adjacent communities including Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiutes.
The new in-house Toshiba Vantage™ MRI unit delivers truly state-of-the-art medical imaging. The MRI unit is a painless and safe testing technology that uses a powerful magnet and radio waves to produce detailed images of the body’s organs and structures for doctors, without the use of X-rays or other radiation. It produces images with clarity and detail, resulting in increased diagnostic confidence and better patient outcomes.
The MRI will be available 24/7 for advanced diagnostic imaging and medical care. The unit is in place and ready to use in a new building with a newly designed comfortable waiting room, north of the hospital entrance. Tuba City and Alaska have the only in-house MRI units throughout the entireNative American healthcare systems.
To celebrate this milestone, there will be a Navajo Blessing Ceremony of the MRI building at 6:45 A.M. The Grand Opening Ceremony will be begin at 10:00 A.M., and from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., the Medical Imaging Department will open the MRI Building to the public with refreshments served.
For more information, contact TCRHCC Community Relations at 928-283-2993 or e-mail aurelia.yazzie@tchealth.org.
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