New equipment makes huge difference

Pictured; Susan Dukelow, Dr. Jean-Gaston DesCoteaux, Dr. Meghan Guy, Keith W Hern

 "Thank you again for all you do to support our community hospital! We are deeply grateful for your ongoing support and, more specifically, for this latest equipment purchase." 

 The VIO 300D is a premium electrosurgical generator for interventional endoscopy cost $33,999 and was purchased in 2019 with funds from the 2018 Thanksgiving fund raising campaign and the East Kootenay Foundation for Health.

"This equipment allows us to remove larger polyps safely right here at the Golden Hospital. It has been used during 10-12 colonoscopies in the last month and with the arrival of an additional surgeon in September it will see even more use as the number of procedures we do increases. Removing the polyps in the pre-cancer stage greatly reduces the incidence of colon cancer."
Dr. JG DesCoteaux.

Keith W Hern, 

Friend of the Golden & District Hospital