North Manchester General Hospital - Auroscopes/Opthamoscopes x6

UPDATE: This equipment was delivered in 2009.

Over the next five years Children’s Services in Greater Manchester will be transformed as part of the Making it Better Strategy. The opening of the New Children’s Hospital in central Manchester will transform services for children in the region, and will absorb many of the specialist services formerly offered at Booth Hall and Pendlebury.

Many of the local services for children and babies that were provided by Booth Hall and Fairfield Hospital will stay in North Manchester and a new Women and Children’s Unit is being built to handle the increased number of patients. This will be a purpose-built unit to be completed in 2010. 

The medical team at North Manchester has identified the equipment needed, and there is a shortfall in the funding available. We have agreed to provide equipment to ensure that the new unit at North Manchester can take its place within the region as a top quality health care provider.

All children who attend hospital will require examination of their ears and eyes. The auroscope and ophthalmoscope are essential equipment to exam both the ears and eyes of children and having one wall mounted at the child’s bed side ensures essential equipment is close to hand at all times. The most common childhood illnesses or need for surgery are children with ENT problems e.g. have glue ear and require insertion of grommets

The wall-mounted auroscopes/opthamoscopes are £700 each and six are required making a total project cost £4,200.