Elles Eye Cubed Ultrasound Machine To Liverpool Hospital

Written By Cristy Houghton

A new Ultrasound eye scanner was presented to the Liverpool Hospital on the 24th February 2012.

The purchase of this machine was a conjoint project of the Lions Club of the City of Liverpool, NSW/ACT Save Sight Foundation and Liverpool Hospital.

Total cost $27,500.00. $12,000.00 being sponsored by each of the Lions Club of the City of Liverpool and the NSWS/ACT Save Sight Foundation, the remainder from the funds of the Hospital.

This Elles Eye Cubed Ultra Sound machine has many uses the least of which is measuring the length of the eye for cataract surgery and for the diagnosis of retinal detachments or tumours even when they are unable to be seen through thick layers of blood in the eyeball.

Prepared by Brian Rope APM CLO JP – Photo courtesy of Marianne Ciccione, Liverpool Hospital.  

Pictured across at the handover (front row) Leanne Gardner, Clinic Nurse Specialist, back row Director Lion Brian Rope, Lion Tony Madsen, A/Professor Anthony Schembri (Hospital General Manager), Dr. Stephen On. Clinician, Lion Yvonne Ross, Lioness Ruth Grimson, Lion Joy Goddard, Lion Roy Wright, Lion Ollie Lassen and PDG Lion Bob Grimson.

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

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