Delivering high quality care and giving patients access to the latest treatment options is paramount for the health and wellbeing of our community.
Together with your support, we will continue to fund equipment for hospitals and research facilities across South Australia.
Equipment Support
The purchase of a revolutionary new chemotherapy delivery system called PIPAC (Pressurised Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy) for hard-to-treat abdominal cancers at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The equipment is being used to treat cancers including bowel, ovarian, liver, oesophagus, pancreas and more.
Helping newborn babies thrive and avoid complications through the purchase of two lifesaving infant warmers, called ‘panda warmers’ for Lyell McEwin Hospital’s maternity ward.
The panda warmers track the baby’s progress and provides heat, records temperature, oxygen saturation levels, heartbeat and weight. It also has the capability of providing emergency oxygen and resuscitation if needed.
A $300,000 grant was provided to regional hospitals in South Australia to purchase much-needed healthcare equipment for their sites.
Some of the items purchased included chemotherapy chairs for Port Lincoln (pictured), ultrasound units for Wallaroo and Port Pirie, anaesthetic infusion pumps for Mount Gambier and a ventilator for Gawler.
The purchase of burns equipment for the Royal Adelaide Hospital called a C01 fractioned ablative laser that will be used to remodel burn scars, stimulate healing and facilitate shorter recovery times for patients.
Support is also being given to quantify the success of the laser, analysing how the scars respond compared to standard treatment.
Established a new purpose-built audiology booth at the Lyell McEwin Hospital to allow the hospital to deliver best-practice, state-of-the-art hearing assessments for adults and children, supporting their medical management.
The equipment has helped reduce wait lists and boost early intervention for thousands of people needing a hearing assessment.
Co-funding the purchase of a gamma camera for the Royal Adelaide Hospital to measure people’s rate of stomach emptying and provide an insight into many gastric disorders.
A gamma camera is essential to advancing clinical research with scintigraphy (which employs radioactive isotopes to label meals that are imaged with a gamma camera) and can assist people with diabetes and other critical illnesses.
The purchase of a revolutionary QI Acube for the Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research in Adelaide to automate DNA and RNA processing, used by the cancer and virology teams in particular.
This is the only site this equipment is available in South Australia and means that samples no longer need to be sent to the United States for processing, saving huge amounts of time and labour for researchers.
Contributed to the installation of advanced imaging equipment at SAHMRI to help researchers develop a 4D lung scanner to enhance the diagnosis of lung disease and manage conditions such as cystic fibrosis, asthma and even COVID-19.
This 4D technology establishes Australia at the forefront of lung science and is kick-starting a high-value, high-tech industry.
