Powys teaching Health Board held an open day at Breconshire
War Memorial Hospital last week to showcase the wide range of services that are
now available to the community.
The event was opened by Kirsty Williams AM who spoke about
her support for the hospital and how it has helped her and her family over the
years.
With its recently upgraded theatre, more and more treatment
can be carried out in Powys, reducing the need for patients to leave the
county.
Groups of school children were invited to bring their
teddy-bears along to a ‘teddy-bear clinic’ where they were shown the different
ways that they might be cared for if they ever needed to come along to the
Minor Injury unit at the hospital. This means that any future visits will be
far less stressful for the children than they might otherwise be.
In addition, Fresh Start Wales gave advice and support for
smokers, encouraging them to take up the ‘Stoptober’ challenge of quitting
smoking for the month of October, and hopefully keeping going afterwards. Patch
the Dragon was on hand to help both children and adults feel more at ease as
they talked about serious health issues.
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