Imagine living with severe pain and having to wait a year to find out what — if anything — can be done to remedy the problem. What would your life look like?

In addition to the physical discomfort that accompanies suffering from a medical ailment, the unknowns perpetuate constant stress and anxiety. Quality of life deteriorates along with your mood and manifests in strained interpersonal relationships. Once enjoyed pastimes are put on hold, and chores of daily living go undone. Sleep becomes interrupted by constant pain and mental anguish – and this starts taking a toll on your career.

“It’s just a big ripple effect,” says Dr. Kristina Sharma.

Dr. Sharma is a radiologist at AIM Medical Imaging, a leading edge MRI centre located in the heart of Vancouver, and she knows all too well the distress in which people are living when waiting for their turn within the medical system.

Choosing to visit a private MRI centre, such as AIM Medical Imaging, is choosing to be pro-active about your health. Good news elicits instant peace of mind, and even bad news becomes empowering because something can now be done with that information.

Clients at AIM are people first and patients second. From the moment a client walks through the door, each staff member is committed to providing the most comfortable experience possible.

Instead of waiting months to have an MRI through the public medical system, AIM’s clients can often be seen the day they call for an appointment. The atmosphere in the clinic is tranquil. Each patient is provided with a private waiting room in which accompanying friends or family members can sit and watch TV while waiting. And patients are welcome to bring their favourite music or an audio book to listen to for the duration of the scan, though some find it so relaxing they drift off.

Upon completion of the scan, clients have ample time to ask questions during their one-on-one session with the doctor. This is a service unique to AIM Medical Imaging and really sets them apart from other centres in regards to customer service.

Not only do clients find out the results of their scan right away, but they also receive a CD of their results and the information is forwarded to the patient’s delegated health care professionals. Clients leave the clinic with all the information they need to make prompt healthcare choices.

“We provide all patients with an immediate diagnosis,” explains Dr. Sharma. “This ensures patients leave our facility with all their questions answered.”

The technology utilized at AIM is top notch. The equipment is able to detect disease within the body before symptoms arise, and this early detection is critical to potential recovery. Pancreatic cancer, for example, will not usually make itself known with symptoms until it has progressed past the point of successful treatment.

AIM Medical Imaging
1371 West Broadway • Vancouver BC
604-733-4007 Toll Free 1-877-482-5859
www.aimmedicalimaging.com

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Article by Jamie Schabb