Moe says ‘need is there’ for CT scanner in Moosomin

September 29, 2025, 3:34 pm
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

During his stop in Moosomin last week, Premier Scott Moe said the “need is there” for a CT scanner in the community, and both he and Moosomin-Montmartre MLA Kevin Weedmark said that there is work being done in the background to look at how a CT scanner can work in the community.

“The need is there, and some of the work that needs to happen now includes looking at the operational costs, where it would go, what those capital costs might be, and whether we have the qualified folks to continue the operation of it, not just for the next year or two, but for years in the future,” said Moe.

“So there are some questions to answer before you invest in a piece of infrastructure like that to ensure that it’s going to be available today and tomorrow, but the need is certainly there and I think it would be the goal of the government to satisfy that need if we are able to do so, but there are some questions to answer before we do so.”

“There is work being done,” said MLA Kevin Weedmark. “SHA has been to the facility (the South East Integrated Care Centre) and has taken a look and there are still two routes it could go—there is the private route or the SHA route. Right now some of the work that is being done is determining the cost of what that public route would actually cost, where and how that would fit in this facility.

“Before any decisions can be made, the first question is let’s figure out what’s involved, what’s the cost, and that’s the work that’s being done now.

“SHA had their head of diagnostics and medical imaging out early in the summer and then again in August doing some work and taking some notes just trying to figure out exactly what the next steps could be.

“Work is being done in the background on this.”