Imagine living in constant pain. This year for people who suffer from kidney stones and bladder stones, the Foundation wants to help them at the 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon.

The focus of this year’s surgical campaign is the purchase of a lithotripsy unit to treat kidney stones and bladder stones. The surgical device pulverizes the stones and suctions away the fragments, so patients do not experience the pain of passing them. The campaign also includes the purchase of a new anesthetic machine to provide surgical patients with the latest and safest technology.

By donating to the Moose Jaw Health Foundation’s 13th Annual 800 CHAB Family First Radiothon on May 2nd and 3rd you can help eliminate the pain of those that suffer from kidney and bladder stones. The Foundation is hoping to raise $150,000 to purchase new surgical equipment for the Dr. F. H. Wigmore Regional Hospital. Thunder Creek Pork will generously match your donation, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000.

Last year, there were over 425 urology procedures at the Dr. F. H. Wigmore Regional Hospital. That number would have been higher, but our hospital does not have currently have a lithotripsy unit. The old surgical device stopped working several years ago, and patients must travel to Regina for this procedure.

Dr. Gerrit Van Wyk, Urologist, is the man MOST looking forward to using the new equipment.  CHAB's Rob Carnie spoke with the doctor in anticipation of the Family First Radiothon.