New Brunswick’s provincial government is investing around $1.3 million in hospital equipment.

Edmundston Regional Hospital and l’Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin, which are located in northwest New Brunswick will be receiving equipment. While the latter is getting an echocardiogram, Edmundston will receive a new X-ray machine and an X-ray fluoroscopy machine.

"I am pleased that our government's responsible fiscal management is making possible to re-invest a portion of the savings in important equipment,” says Health Minister Hugh Flemming. "Upgrading aging technology will ensure that our health-care system is sustainable for future generations."

The Department of Health has dedicated $25 million of its $53.2 capital budget for 2013-2014 to equipment and maintenance. Infrastructure improvements account for $4 million of the budget.