Every day one Nova Scotian dies from a disease that is 90% preventable.

That disease is colorectal cancer.

Get Up There (GUT) raises funds and awareness to support colorectal cancer screening and prevention. Funds raised through GUT helped the Dartmouth General Hospital purchase state-of-the-art equipment and technology used to screen for colorectal cancer and to open a 3rd Endoscopy Suite which is used exclusively for screening FIT-positive patients. The wait list for FIT-positive screening has been eliminated thanks to this new Suite.

Funds raised through GUT 2024 will help purchase an endoscopic ultrasound for DGH - the first of its kind for our hospital!