March's Press Releases

31st March 2011
Exercise Aquarius
Colchester General Hospital will this morning (Thurs) take part in an emergency training exercise to test its decontamination plans and procedures.
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31st March 2011
Children's authors and peer to open £18.75m development
An £18.75m extension to the main building at Colchester General Hospital will be officially opened on Monday (4 April).
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30th March 2011
Skydiving staff raise thousands of pounds
Daredevil staff have raised thousands of pounds by taking part in a skydive for the charity that supports Colchester's hospitals.
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28th March 2011
The Mysteries of Anaesthetic
"The Mysteries of Anaesthetic" will be the title of a talk at next week's (6 April) meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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21st March 2011
Successful visit to Children's Unit
Members of a Colchester band and the President of Colchester Rugby Football Club visited the Children's Unit at Colchester General Hospital on Saturday.
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17th March 2011
Regular supporters return to hospital's Children's Unit
Committed supporters of Colchester General Hospital will on Saturday (19 March) visit its Children's Unit to see how their donations of more than £2,500 are making a difference.
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16th March 2011
Public invited to meeting of Trust's board of governors
The public is invited to a meeting next week (22 March) of the board of governors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
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16th March 2011
Free health talk about IBD - not to be confused with IBS!
A chronic disease that affects about one person in every 250 in the UK will be the subject of a free public talk in Colchester later this month (March).
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14th March 2011
CUFC helps to kick off Macmillan Information Centre
Colchester United's assistant manager Joe Dunne will next week (Tues 15th) kick off a new information service at Essex County Hospital in Colchester.
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9th March 2011
Colchester chosen to take part in national vascular surgery trial
Vascular surgeons from Colchester have been chosen to take part in a national trial which could result in fewer patients dying as a result of a burst aneurysm.
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9th March 2011
Patients will benefit from April 1 tomfoolery
A music and comedy party is being held at Colchester United's football stadium on 1 April to raise funds for the Stroke Unit at Colchester General Hospital.
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9th March 2011
Ash Wednesday launch for smoking survey
The trust that runs Colchester's two main hospitals today - national No Smoking Day and Ash Wednesday - announced it is considering a complete ban on smoking on its property.
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7th March 2011
Trust board meeting
Members of the public are invited to the March meeting of the board of directors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
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7th March 2011
Invitation to create "birth art exhibition"
The public is being invited to create an exhibition of birth-inspired art to display at Colchester General Hospital.
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2nd March 2011
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in Colchester to open The ICENI Centre
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will visit Colchester tomorrow (Thurs 3 March) to open a state-of-the-art training and research and development centre for laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.
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