MORE than £150,000 has been left to Barnsley Hospital following the death of a former lung cancer patient to buy specialist equipment to help diagnose cancer earlier.
It is one of the largest donations ever received by the hospital and was left by Alison Wilkie Davies, 75, of Cawthorne.
The machine allows biopsies to be taken from patients’ lungs without the need for general anaesthetic.
Mr Malik said: “We have safely diagnosed more than 200 patients without having to send them to Sheffield for treatment. We can also use the scopes to stage cancers and see if it has spread. Now thanks to this patient’s significant donation we will be able to diagnose and treat more patients.”
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