Last year’s fundraising helped children being treated by the Paediatric gastroenterology team at the Children’s Hospital.
When performing an endoscopy on a child – in non-medical language, a visual, internal examination – the team may diagnose a polyp or other abnormality.
These are often suitable to be treated there and then, however the equipment needed (a diathermy) is shared with the adult service at the hospital, and so often isn’t available.
Fundraising this year was to enable the purchase of dedicated diathermy equipment for the Children’s Hospital.