New CT Scanner to Enhance Care at Cornwall Community Hospital
November 15, 2025Cornwall Ontario – Cornwall Community Hospital is reaching a major milestone in its quest to improve innovation with the installation of a new, state-of-the-art Computed Tomography (CT) machine. Work is currently underway and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
During the installation period, the CCH Diagnostic Imaging team is continuing to provide both scheduled and urgent CT exams from a temporary CT unit trailer located just outside the Janet Macdonell Pavilion.
The outgoing CT machine was installed during the construction of the West Wing in 2014. A CT machine’s lifespan is typically 7 to 10 years. Higher volume facilities like CCH (where we perform nearly 20,000 CT scans every year) will have a shorter lifespan for the machine compared to lower-usage sites. With our existing machine at its end of life, we are being strategic and proactive in replacing it now, ensuring many more years of high-quality and uninterrupted care. The new scanner also offers more advanced capabilities and technology, improving accuracy and patient experience.
This upgrade marks an exciting step forward in the evolution of CCH’s diagnostic imaging services. Since the hospital’s amalgamation in 2004, CCH has worked to ensure our community receives the safest, best, and highest quality diagnostic imaging care possible, all under one roof here at CCH.
A CT scan is a medical imaging test that uses X-rays and computer technology to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body’s internal structures. It is an essential tool for diagnosing a wide range of conditions, from tumors and internal injuries to heart disease and infections. These scans are performed by skilled Medical Radiation Technologists, who ensure each image is produced safely and accurately for physicians to review.
CCH is proud to offer this service as well as other important diagnostic imaging exams in a state-of-the-art centre right here at home. Every year, the hospital’s team performs more than 100,000 imaging exams to support patient care.
This project is supported by a major investment by Cornwall Community Hospital Foundation thanks to a $1 million gift left in the estate of local sisters Rhoda and Minnie Bartle in 2023. Most major medical equipment, including our new CT machine, is not covered by government funding.
In partnership with the Hospital Foundation, and thanks to donors across the community, CCH can continue purchasing the technology it needs to serve local patients now and into the future.
About the Cornwall Community Hospital
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