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Only one imagery tech departs Pontiac Hospital for city

Only one imagery tech departs Pontiac Hospital for city

12 September 2024 à 1:22 pm

Following Saturday’s news that the provincial government had equalized the bonuses for medical imagery technicians in the Outaouais, regional health authority CISSSO is reporting that only one  tech out of four has followed through on their application to work in the city. This leaves the Pontiac Hospital with five out of eight full-time positions filled, with another two part-time staff available to fill in.

CISSSO’s Pontiac representative Nicole Boucher Larivière said that they were pleased to report that most of the technicians had chosen to stay. She added that one tech had interviewed to work in a facility in Ontario, but at this point hadn’t informed them that they were leaving Pontiac.

She explained that they would be able to maintain services as before, albeit with some more overtime and on-call hours, which she said wasn’t ideal but was a “scenario [they] can live with.” She said that she hoped the $22,000 annual bonus offered for the next two years would make their recruitment efforts more competitive with other facilities in the region.

Currently, out of all the hospitals in the Outaouais, Pontiac has the lowest wait times for scans according to data from the CISSSO.

Scan wait times as of July 2024 CT Scan Diagnostic Mammogram Screening Mammogram Ultrasound
Pontiac  under 3 months under 3 months 4 months 4-5 months
Papineau 7-8 months  under 3 months  under 3 months 20 months
Maniwaki 4-5 months  under 3 months 7 months 6-7 months
Gatineau/Hull 12 months 5 months 5 months 18 months

Pontiac, as a smaller rural hospital, also averages a much lower monthly number of scans on average.

Average monthly # of examinations CT Scan Mammogram Ultrasound
Pontiac 187 162 251
Papineau 315 326 396
Maniwaki 216 55 222
Gatineau 896 569 977
Hull 815 676 230