Latest news from around Kettering General Hospital

Memorial service for ICU patients and their families

Staff in ICU are putting on the memorial event

A Memorial Service is being held by Kettering General Hospital for those who have lost loved ones after being cared for on the Intensive Care Unit.

  The service is being held on Sunday, May 19, at the Corn Market Hall in London Road, Kettering, from 2pm-4pm, and is to remember those patients who have died over the last two years.

  It is an opportunity for families to receive continued support from the unit, to remember loved ones, and to give thanks for the dedication of ICU staff for their 24/7 care – particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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New mobile phone app helps patients check on their own recovery

Group of staff supporting new mobile phone App Post Op by KGH

Staff at Kettering General Hospital have created a mobile phone App to help patients on the road to recovery following operations.

  Post Op has been created by doctors and nurses working together with patients and external technology experts.

  The App enables patients to answer key questions about their recovery through mobile phone questionnaires as well as posting pictures and video of their wounds for doctors and nurses to study.

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KGH Breast Unit buys a £40,000 new biopsy x-ray machine

The Breast Team with the new Biopsy Xray machine

Kettering General Hospital has just taken delivery of a £40,000 new state-of-the-art biopsy x-ray machine.

  The new device is used as a way of quickly checking if a breast biopsy sample has accurately targeted an anomaly being checked in the breast tissue. 

  Taking an accurate sample is important to be able to give the patient an accurate result. 

 

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