£50k donated by kind volunteers to King's Mill Hospital's scanner appeal

An incredible £50,000 donation has been handed over by volunteer café staff to King's Mill Hospital and your Chad's Gamma Scanner Appeal.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jun 2018, 12:27 BST
Updated 20th Jun 2018, 13:41 BST
Consultant Radiologist, Dr Susan Geary and Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Robert Bradley, are both supporting the campaign for a new scanner.Consultant Radiologist, Dr Susan Geary and Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Robert Bradley, are both supporting the campaign for a new scanner.
Consultant Radiologist, Dr Susan Geary and Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Robert Bradley, are both supporting the campaign for a new scanner.

The volunteers which run the Daffodil Café at the hospital on Mansfield Road have made a large donation, bringing the revolutionary scanner costing £550,000 one step closer.

There are 106 volunteers at the café.

Jayne Burkitt, radiography services manager at the hospital said: “We are incredibly grateful to the Daffodil Café and its volunteers for this substantial donation to help move our appeal forward.

The new scanner will combine a nuclear gamma camera with CT technology. Image courtesy of Siemens HealthcareThe new scanner will combine a nuclear gamma camera with CT technology. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthcare
The new scanner will combine a nuclear gamma camera with CT technology. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthcare
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“Without kind donations such as this one the appeal wouldn’t be possible.

“Thank you also to everyone who has made donations through the Chad, text and our Just Giving site.

“It’s vital that we have access to the very latest technology to give our patients the best service and that’s what your donations are contributing to.”

The gamma scanner with CT scanning technology for the nuclear medicine department will enable more than 2,000 patients each year to have advanced scans, diagnosing diseases like cancer.

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She said: “The new scanner will enable us to carry out both gamma and CT imaging at the same time, allowing us to report our findings with much greater accuracy than ever before.

“This is particularly true when imaging the bones, such as when looking for spread of breast or prostate cancer, or looking for evidence of heart disease, these being two of the most common types of scan that we do.”

A total of £80,000 has been raised to date thanks to kind donations from the public via your Chad, visitors, staff, patients and volunteers.

Donations to the appeal can be made by texting 70070 and quoting SFHC18 to donate £5 or £10, online at Just Giving (www.justgiving.com/sherwoodforest)

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