Two separate departments at Stepping Hill Hospital received generous donations recently – with £4000 going to each.

The Chron’s and Colitis Society held a number of fundraiser’s to raise £4000 for the gastroenterology team’s capsule endoscopy fund. The gastro team now use capsule endoscopy technology to diagnose abnormalities in the small bowel, where traditional endoscopy and colonoscopy tubes cannot reach. The innovative device involves the patient swallowing a pill sized camera which then transmits images to the team, helping them to identify abnormalities within the small bowel such as inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s).

The fund will raise money for a new data recorder for the system, which will expand the service by enabling it to treat even more patients.

Meanwhile, the hospital’s Bobby Moore cancer unit received their own donation from Reddish Vale Community Farm in Stockport. They ran a `Pick your Pumpkin` scheme charging £1 a time to raise money which added up the impressive final £4K total.