The Director of the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, Victoria Clarke tells CHSJ News the money will be used to make health care in the region better with cutting edge technology.
She says that type of equipment is needed to attract and retain top flight medical personnel.
Clarke says most of of the people who pledged money live in the Greater Saint John area but there were even calls that came in from as far away as Banff and Japan thanks to social media and the broadcast over the internet.