Now that the CT Scanner has been bought (February 2018) and the medical equipment for the Radiology Department is ordered (September 2018), the Friends have agreed the next fundraising initiative with hospital management, namely to fund the purchase of EBUS (Endo Bronchial Ultrasound) for the Respiratory Medicine Department in LUH. EBUS will cost €200,000 and will be used by the Consultant Respiratory Physicians in the hospital to assist them in the earlier diagnosis of serious respiratory disease, such as lung cancer. There is much research to show that the earlier that lung cancer can be diagnosed, the quicker medical intervention can be initiated, the better the outcomes in relation to survival and cure rates.

EBUS is a minimally invasive but highly effective procedure used to diagnose lung cancer, infections, and other diseases causing enlarged lymph nodes in the chest.
Benefits of EBUS to both Patients & Physicians

It provides real-time imaging of the surface of the airways, blood vessels, lungs, and lymph nodes
The improved images allow the physician to easily view difficult-to-reach areas and to access more, and smaller, lymph nodes for biopsy with the aspiration needle than through conventional mediatinoscopy
The accuracy and speed of the EBUS procedure lends itself to rapid onsite pathological evaluation Pathologists in the operating room can process and examine biopsy samples as they are obtained and can request additional samples to be taken immediately if needed
EBUS is performed under moderate sedation or general anesthesia
Patients recover quickly and can usually go home the same day.