APPOINTMENT DETAILS
We accept Walkins and appointments. We will make every attempt to accommodate your scheduling request. For emergency and stat procedures we will make every attempt to accommodate you the same day.
- Please bring the Requisition Form and your valid Ontario Health Card for each visit.
- If you do not have a valid Ontario Health card please bring VISA, MasterCard or Debit Card.
- If you are unable to keep your appointment, please give at least 24 hours notification.
EXAM PREPARATION
These instructions are IMPORTANT. Please follow them.
ABDOMEN
Includes studies of the gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, liver, kidneys and aorta. If your appointment is in the morning, DO NOT eat or drink anything 12 hours prior to your examination. If your appointment is in the afternoon, for breakfast you may eat dry toast, black tea, black coffee, juice up to 9 a.m. Nothing to drink or eat after that. These instructions are important as we require you to have an empty stomach.
PELVIS
Includes transvaginal, uterus, ovaries, bladder, g.u.tract and pregnancy (obstetrical/nuchal translucency).
You must drink 32 ounces or 1 litre (4 large glasses) of fluids completed 1 hour prior to your appointment. This can include coffee, tea, juice, water, etc. – not milk. Do not go to the washroom. You must have a full bladder for this examination. We will try to examine you as soon as possible on arrival so that you will not have to be uncomfortable for too long. Eat the meal nearest your examination – there is no reason not to eat.
ABDOMEN & PELVIS (EXAMINATIONS COMBINED)
DO NOT eat anything 12 hours prior to examination. Finish drinking 32 ounces (1 litre) of water, and ONLY water one hour before your examination. Do not go to the washroom.
PROSTATE WITH TRANSRECTAL
Finish drinking 32 ounces or 1 litre (4 large glasses) of water 1 hour before appointment. Do not go to the washroom. Take mild laxative the evening before. (PROSTATE ONLY – OMIT LAXATIVE).
THYROID
No preparation. May be booked at any time during the day/evening.
SCROTAL
No preparation. May be booked at any time during the day/evening.
BREAST
No preparation. May be booked at any time during the day/evening.
