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An advanced heart-care service currently available only in Halifax will be part of new expansions at Cape Breton Regional Hospital Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson announced today October 7.A cardiac catheterization lab will be included in the new clinical services building as part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Health Care Redevelopment project. In cardiac catheterization a thin flexible tube is guided through a blood vessel to the heart to diagnose or treat conditions such as clogged arteries and to prevent heart attacks.Today Cape Bretoners have to drive for hours to get the life-saving care they need in Halifax said Minister Thompson. This cardiac cath lab will provide life-saving care in Cape Breton and also make life so much easier for patients who will be able to have their procedure done in less time than it takes them to get to the causeway.Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Cape Breton. The hospitals cardiac services team treats more than 400 patients for heart attacks and more than 500 patients for congestive heart failure annually. Of the Cape Bretoners who require cardiac catheterization each year 300 are currently transported to Halifax by emergency air or ground ambulance.The government is investing 210 million in the redevelopment project to cover the costs of construction and capital funding for the clinical services building and cardiac catheterization lab and additional capital funding for the Cape Breton Cancer Centre and the energy centre at Cape Breton Regional Hospital to alleviate budget pressures caused by current market conditions the cardiac catheterization lab will be located in the new perioperative service area in the clinical services building construction on the clinical services building is expected to start in 2023.
