Twilight Walk for Women 2017

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Bournemouth Hospital Charity is looking to help secure new equipment to enhance women’s health treatment with this year’s Twilight Walk for Women.

The event – taking place on Friday 19 May at the Bournemouth Pier Approach – will once again bring the local community together to walk either 1km, 5km or 10km along the Bournemouth beachfront.

Twilight Walk for Women is one of the Charity’s flagship events and has helped to support the many thousands of women who are treated at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital each year. The event has raised valuable funds to purchase equipment for the Jigsaw Building which is home to the Hospital’s breast care, gynaecological and early pregnancy departments.

Since the inaugural event in 2012, Twilight has raised tens of thousands of pounds for women’s health treatment. Most recently, the event has enabled the Hospital to acquire a Myosure device to help consultants investigate possible early signs of cancer in the womb of hundreds of patients.

This year, Twilight is aiming to raise funds to support the purchase of additional equipment and facilities to enhance patient care and help make treatment more comfortable. This includes provisions such as;

a new medical scanner to help detect endometrial cancer,
a HCG analyser to help consultants detect specific hormones in the body,
a water cooler and coffee machine in the Women’s Health Unit for patient use,
headphones for patient use during therapeutic procedures.

Rachana Dwivedi, Women’s Health Consultant at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, says that a new ultrasound scanner will help her team to treat patients more efficiently.

“Over 1,000 women receive scans each year at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and this new scanner, situated in our Jigsaw Building, will allow our consultants to examine patients presenting with postmenopausal uterine bleeding more clearly than before,” Rachana says.

“Not only will this help patients with endometrial cancer be identified and treated more quickly, it will also help to prevent patients who are cancer-free from requiring unnecessary and invasive further intervention.”

Twilight Walk for Women has been designed to be accessible to all, no matter of age or ability, with participants able to walk, skip, jog or run. All people are encouraged to walk for women – including all husbands, brothers, uncles and friends.