About PULSE (Patients & Users, Lenders of Special Equipment)
Our purpose as a charity is to purchase non-NHS funded medical equipment to support St George’s Medical Centre, which services Littleport and the surrounding area, and to provide additional facilities to the locality.
We have bought a range of equipment over the past 20 years. Recent purchases include: a resuscitation trolley, bladder scanners (diagnosing bladder issues), Feno monitors (lung problems), Electrocardiograms (heart tracing monitors), practice examination beds, leg Doppler machines (circulation problems), and a patient information system and screen for the waiting area.
Locally provided services are important as Littleport and the surrounding area is c. 25 miles from the nearest major hospital.
We support an outreach oncology service. Addenbrooke’s Hospital send trained medical staff to St George’s for oncology treatment. It means patients receive treatment for cancer in a safe, local environment.
We helped St George’s with funding for a trial Venesection service – for patients with Haemachromatosis (iron overload).
We have also set up four public access defibrillators in Littleport and Southery villages These are used frequently by the East of England Ambulance Service. Keeping them supplied with pads and batteries is an ongoing cost.
pulsemedicalcharity@cantab.net
PULSE (Patients & Users, Lenders of Special Equipment) Registered charity number 1098510
