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Gifts to the K&CH

Presentation of bed hoists
Presentation of the Bed Hoists to the
new Neuro Rehabilitation Unit on Harvey Ward

Funds come from a wide variety of sources. Subscriptions, donations, legacies, covenants/Gift Aid and trading surpluses from the Hospital Shops to coffee mornings, Wine & Wisdom evenings, an Annual Fair plus Grand Draw run jointly with the Hospital and lots of other ideas.

Among many and varied gifts provided for the Kent & Canterbury Hospital during 2010, totalling approximately £381,000, were:

DescriptionPrice
Digital swallowing work station - Speech Therapy£67,000
Trust Digital Mammography Appeal - Mammography Unit£56,000
Ultra low profile beds - Falls Team£22,210
Two Doppler ultrasound machines - Vascular Unit£16,480
Amputee slings - Kent/Clarke Wards£12,160
58 tables & lockers - Mount/McMaster & St Lawerence wards£10,300
Portable Observation Unit - Emergency Care Centre£8,970
Rehabilitation chairs - Stroke Unit, Treble Ward£7,050
Specialist Tilt Chairs - Intensive Care Unit£6,870
30 Patient chairs - Emergency Care Centre£5,800
Irrigation pump - Gynaecology day surgery£5,650
High back chairs - Falls team£5,330
High back chairs - Treble ward£4,830
Wheelchairs - Occupational Therapy£3,410
ECG monitor - Oncology£2,880
Hydrotherapy equipment - Physiotherapy£700
Specialist cutlery - Occupational Therapy£210
Refrigerator - Medical Photography£150