VIHA is Canada’s Leader for Digital Mammography Technology

The installation of $2.932 million in state-of-the-art digital mammography equipment is underway at five hospital sites across VIHA. When installation is complete in late summer, VIHA will be the first health authority in Canada to make the most advanced digital mammography technology available for breast cancer screening accessible to women across the region!

Digital mammography is a huge step forward for patient care. The technology produces sharper images of all areas of breast tissue, and is clinically proven to penetrate dense breast tissue better than analog mammography equipment.

Digital breast imaging is now available at our Victoria and Nanaimo hospitals and is coming soon to our hospitals in Duncan, Port Alberni, Comox and Campbell River.

Mammography is currently the best way to detect breast cancers, and early detection can save lives. VIHA and its funding partners are committed to funding technology like digital mammography aimed at improving women’s health.