New ultrasound equipment will benefit cancer patients at Poole Hospital
Two new ultrasound machines will mean faster diagnosis for cancer patients.
L-R: Dr Jennifer Stutley, Consultant Radiologist; Peter Harvey, Chairman
of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Kevin Bailey; Paul Hetherington,
Chairman of the Wessex Cancer Trust; Sue Sutherland, Chief Executive of Poole
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
A generous legacy has led to the purchase of two new state-of-the-art ultrasound machines at Poole Hospital.
The new machines, which replace existing equipment with the latest ultrasound technology, will be used to detect and follow up a number of types of cancer, as well as being used to scan for a range of other conditions.
They will mean faster and more rapid diagnosis and will help to reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests even further. Poole Hospital sees some 26,000 patients a year who require an ultrasound scan.
The Wessex Cancer Trust donated the money for the two Toshiba machines on behalf of former Poole Hospital patient Mrs Margaret Bailey, who bequeathed £150,000 to the Trust. Mrs Bailey’s son Kevin, from Poole, attended an opening ceremony on Tuesday 27 November, together with Paul Hetherington, Chairman of the Wessex Cancer Trust, and staff from Poole Hospital.
Dr Jennifer Stutley, Consultant Radiologist, said: ‘We are very grateful to the Wessex Cancer Trust for enabling Mrs Bailey’s generous bequest to be used in this way. The two new ultrasound machines have transformed the service’.
Paul Hetherington, explained that Mrs Bailey had specifically wanted her legacy to go to Poole Hospital.
The Wessex Cancer Trust was set up in 1981. It has previously funded a Clinical Oncologist post for Poole and Bournemouth, helped to refurbish an ultrasound scanning room at Poole Hospital and is supporting training for staff to provide psychological care for cancer patients.
Date: 28 November 2007