The Health Sciences Centre's cardiac catheterization lab has just completed a major upgrade. One of his main tasks is performing cardiac catheterization — a common heart procedure that many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians travel to St. John's to undergo. WATCH | The province’s cardiac cath lab just got a makeover: Shorter waitlist expected to come for cardiac catheterization in the province | Duration 2:14 The cardiac catheterization lab at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's has undergone a massive upgrade. Sampson says a centralized catheterization lab allows the highly specialized team of physicians and cardiologists to maintain skill and proficiency. But, she says, the program’s goal before all else is to reduce the waitlist for cardiac catheterization procedures in the province.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2026 20:33 UTC