Burnley General Hospital volunteers buy bladder scanner

Volunteers who give their time to helping others have come up trumps again.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Mar 2014, 14:39 BST
Chair of the League of Voluntary Workers Joan Carpenter, presents the new bladder scanner at the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre to Sister Linda Hulmes.Chair of the League of Voluntary Workers Joan Carpenter, presents the new bladder scanner at the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre to Sister Linda Hulmes.
Chair of the League of Voluntary Workers Joan Carpenter, presents the new bladder scanner at the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre to Sister Linda Hulmes.

The League of Voluntary Workers raised £8,500 to buy a bladder scanner for the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre based at Burnley General Hospital.

Having the scanner means that staff at the unit can check the condition of patients’ bladders and also guard against urinary infections without having to call staff over from the main hospital building.

The scanner was presented to the unit by the League chairman Mrs Joan Carpenter along with several of the volunteers.