Health committee  In terms of the cardiac field, at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, certainly there were comments made about how—at least in the cardiac imaging realm—we've been able to manage this both at the Ottawa Heart Institute but also nationally, in terms of being able to sw

Health committee  As Dr. McEwan mentioned, I think we should continue to invest in the initiatives that have already begun--the committee that Dr. McEwan has been referring to--and continue this in a balanced approached. I think we should be looking at the short, medium, and long term, really keep

Health committee  It was only to add that I think TRIUMF is an excellent institution, and we have a lot of confidence in their ability as a group to develop alternatives. I can't comment on the photofission method itself, but I do think that is a long-term solution that we should definitely be inv

Health committee  I think the issue is really a balance between providing more supply and providing alternatives. The supply needs to be available or increased in some way. There are many initiatives being dealt with to get access to OPAL, moly-99, and so on. Dealing with MAPLE may be another solu

Health committee  I'll speak specifically about the cardiovascular imaging. First of all, with the previous shutdowns we became aware that there could potentially be future problems, so we planned for this and we prepared ourselves and our staff for this type of eventuality. With careful planning,

Health committee  I can start.

Health committee  I'm very pleased to be here on behalf of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. I'm the chief of the cardiac imaging program. We also have in our facility a cyclotron that makes PET isotopes. First and foremost, I think the main goal for all of us is for the care of our pati