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Posted June 6, 2014 12:16 pm
Updated June 6, 2014 12:17 pm
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KELOWNA, BC – Brain surgery is about to became that much safer at Kelowna General Hospital with the addition of a neuronavigational device, the Stryker Navigation 3i.
“It’s a machine that assists the surgeons with surgical accuracy for doing brain surgery,” says Dr. Gary Goplen, a neurosurgeon and the head of surgery at KGH.
KGH is currently renting a model of the device, but the latest edition is on its way thanks to a $100,000 donation from the Kelowna Rotary Club.
“The volunteers in rotary do it; it’s a labor of love,” says Bill Redmond, chair of the Kelowna Rotary Pro-Am golf tournament, “It’s really the generosity and kindness of our sponsors and this whole community who support this thing that we should be really thanking.”
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Funds raised through the KGH Foundation’s “Be a Lifesaver Capital Campaign” will pay the remainder of the $210,000 price tag for the neuronavigational instrument.
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Kelowna real estate agent Lucas Jackson knows the amazing results of surgery with the device first hand. He suffered a major stroke from a cluster of abnormal blood vessels in his brain on March 25th and is almost fully recovered thanks to the guided hand of Dr. goplen.
“Physically, I’m pretty much back 100%,” says Jackson, 31. “I’ve been working out for a few weeks. I can move anything, I can play catch with my son.”
