Breast Health
Mammography unit open
Thanks to the most generous donations from our donors, a new mammography unit has opened at Shuswap Lake General Hospital to serve the Shuswap region.
The site provides free screening mammograms for eligible people and diagnostic mammograms for those needing further testing, allowing patients to access year-round care closer to home.
Historically, screening mammograms in the Shuswap had been provided through BC Cancer’s mobile coaches. Now BC Cancer’s essential breast screening services will be delivered right within Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm.
Surgical Upgrades
Slimline Colonoscopes
Every year, almost as many women in British Columbia die from colon cancer as from breast cancer.
While lung cancer is the number-one cancer killer in Canada, colon cancer is in second place.
“It’s preventable,” says Shuswap Hospital surgeon Dr. Stephen Hiscock, who notes that death from an obstructing colon cancer can be awful.
He says local surgeons are thrilled the Shuswap Hospital Foundation has provided the OR with two new slimline colonoscopes worth just over $40,000 each for use in colonoscopies.
MATERNITY
Neonatal Monitor
A new neo-natal fetal monitor worth $29,119 is enhancing quality of care in obstetrics.
Unlike the old monitors that were outdated and constantly required repairs, the new edition has a bigger and brighter display screen, making it easier for staff to see. And it has several new and more user friendly alarm settings.