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February
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Charity news
Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s March for Men event is returning to Bournemouth Seafront on 20 March with a medical equipment wish list to raise money for. You can help buy the equipment and save lives by signing up to the event. An imaging equipment hub and an intra-operative BK ultrasound machine are on the list and will both benefit men with prostate cancer at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). The new Olympus image management hub will be used alongside the hospital’s da Vinci Robot, used in complex major surgery. It costs around £12,000 and takes live images directly from the robot and records it in 3D. Consultants can then use this footage
when analysing patient outcomes and can identify aspects of the technique which impact most directly on patient outcomes.
To find out more, drop into the Charity Office and speak to Barry Wilson, call: 01202 704060, or email: charity@rbch.nhs.uk The equipment will also benefit patients who undergo kidney and colorectal surgical procedures in the future. The intra-operative BK ultrasound machine will benefit men with prostate cancer and costs £20,000. It can also
be used to help patients with kidney cancer and is used alongside the da Vinci robot which was part funded by previous March for Men events. Over 200 patients have benefitted from the da Vinci Robot since it was purchased two years ago and this new imaging technology will make a big difference in how men are treated in the future. March for Men encourages men, women and children to walk, run or march 1km, 5km, or 10km, along Bournemouth seafront and Lower Gardens. Hundreds of people took part last year helping to fund the template biopsy machine which has benefited over 100 men with prostate cancer since it was bought last year.
Please give what you can. All donations, no matter how small, will help your hospital simply
text RBCH00 then £5, £10 or to 70070
Easter Raffle Half term beach hut prize up for grabs!
Top Prize: A weeks use of a Bournemouth beach hut for the half term 2 8 May - 3 June
Can you help ?
Get your tickets at the Charity Office! Bournemouth Hospital Charity is offering one lucky person the chance to spend May half term at the beach with a base to keep their things. The use of a Bournemouth beach hut for the half term week is the Easter raffle top prize with Easter hampers and cuddly toys also up for grabs. Draw tickets cost ÂŁ1 each and are available from Bournemouth Hospital Charity Office in the main atrium at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital or can be bought online at w w w. b o u r n e m o u t h h o s p i t a l c h a r i t y. o r g winners will be drawn on 23 March 2016.
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is also looking for people to help sell raffle tickets. If you are able to help please drop into the Charity Office, call: 01202 704060, or email: charity@rbch.nhs.uk.
Join our wing walking team!
Can you spare a few hours a week?
We are recruiting volunteers to work in our Charity Shop in the hospital.
We are looking for ten determined, hospital supporters who are willing to join our wing walking team to support the work of our charity. If you think you have what it takes to stand on the outside of an aircraft flying at 150 miles per hour, 500ft high, please pop in to the Charity Office, or call Barry on 01202 704060.
For more information please contact the Charity office – 01202 704060
For more information please contact:
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Bournemouth Hospital Charity
www.bournemouthhospitalcharity.org Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Dorset BH7 7DW
Registered Charity No. 1057366