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Cancer sufferer Laura Gibson, 17 was among the first patients to be given a scan by paediatric surgeon Dr Maeve McPhillips on one of the latest ultrasound machines purchased for the Sick Kids hospital by the Sick Kids Friends Foundation (SKFF).
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Feb 2013, 12:00 BST

Two state-of-the-art ultrasound machines cost £94,000.

They will replace the equipment which was funded by SKFF back in 2000, providing much clearer and more precise imaging for gastroenterology, neurology, oncology, orthopaedics, A&E and general surgery – with more than 5700 such examinations taking place at the hospital every year.