The Delta Hospital Foundation received a $4,000 donation from the Tsawwassen Legion to help purchase essential cancer care equipment.
The money will help buy an Uretero-Reno Videoscope, a state-of-theart scope used to diagnose kidney cancer. The flexible scope produces an image quality far superior to the more common fiber-optic scopes.
Because there is no screening program for kidney cancer, it will give the doctors at Delta Hospital the necessary information to make the best possible diagnosis and increase patients' chance for survival.
Legion members Bob Wilkinson and Terry Nylander presented the cheque to Delta Hospital Foundation executive director Teresa Cooper.
"Throughout their support of our hospital, the Legion's generosity has allowed for the newest equipment to provide the best health care in Delta," said Cooper. "This donation towards the scope will help the residents of Delta stay in our community for cancer diagnosis procedures close to their families."
The Delta Hospital Foundation raises funds to provide access to the best medical services close to home. Since 1988, it has raised over $23 million.
