Patient care improved by portable airway equipment donation
Patients are benefitting from a new machine that helps show clear video of their airways.
The device, known as a video laryngoscope system, is now in use at the Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) at Basildon Hospital, and has only been made possible thanks to the generous donation of £13,563 made by the League of Friends for Basildon Hospital.
Gyanesh Namjoshi, CTC anaesthesia clinical lead, said: “With this new portable device, we can now view patients’ complex airways at any time, and in any place, helping improve the patient experience and their care.
“This machine has already reduced complications and cancellations for patients who have airways which would have previously proved difficult to access, so this funding from the League of Friends is gratefully received.”
League of Friends for Basildon Hospital was formed over 50 years ago and through its tea-bar at Basildon Hospital, which is run by their dedicated volunteers, has raised an impressive £1.6 million. All of that money has been ploughed back into equipment to help patients at the hospital.
League of Friends chairman Alan Ursell said: “We are so pleased that we have been able to support the CTC department with the funding for this new device.
“The demonstration given by the team on the ward gave us all an insight into how much the equipment will benefit patients.”