Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R. DAVID KRETSCHMER, hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas P. Conaghan and Daniel L. Woodard, and each of
them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign
any Form ID (Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR), reports on
Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4
(Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) relating to transactions by me
in Common Shares or other securities of Akumin Inc. and all amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
appropriate securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney shall be effective
until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the above-named
attorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated: 08/22/2022            /s/ R. David Kretschmer
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                             R. David Kretschmer