Welwyn Garden City

The breast services unit at the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City has replaced its MultiCare Platinum stereotactic breast biopsy guidance system with a Hologic 3D Affirm prone biopsy system, purchased with charitable funds raised by Vicki Adkins and the Hertfordshire Breast Unit Appeal. The unit runs one-stop clinics four mornings a week, led […]

With the Hologic 3D mammography system at the QEII Hospital are Hologic breast health sales specialist John McMahon, radiology nurse Alison Cooper, clinical lead radiographer Jill Rogers, lead mammographer Vicki Sanderson and consultant radiologist Dr Kausa Raza. Welwyn Garden City’s new QE11 Hospital has been built with inspiration from the garden city concept of Sir […]

Consultant respiratory physician Dr She Lok with QEII’s SonoSite NanoMaxx. The portability and ease of use of SonoSite’s NanoMaxx point-of-care ultrasound systems are said to have enhanced management of pleural effusions at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (QEII) in Welwyn Garden City.   Consultant respiratory physician Dr She Lok said: “Because this service can be […]

Consultant breast surgeon Peter Crane. The Vicki Adkins Breast Unit at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City is now using three SonoSite M-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound systems.   Consultant breast surgeon Peter Crane said: “We relied on three older instruments to supplement the service we received from radiology and needed to upgrade.  Through the […]

Pictured with the Faxitron at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, are product specialist for distributor Qados Smaragda Progiou and theatre manager Les Jones.   The Hertfordshire Breast Unit Appeal was established in 1998 to raise funds to build a comprehensive diagnostic breast unit in Hertfordshire.    Initially, specimen radiographs were obtained on an […]