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Southern DHB’s Bowel Screening Programme marks its third anniversary

Mr Nagarajan Pranesh, consultant colorectal surgeon at Warrington Hospital, gives vital advice this month APRIL is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month; an important time to raise awareness of the fourth most common cancer in the UK, which is also known as colorectal cancer as it starts in the colon or rectum. According to Bowel Cancer UK, every 15 minutes somebody is diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK. As a consultant, I know bowel cancer can affect anybody, regardless of their age or backgro...

LOUISA STEYL/STUFF Paul Cosgrove believes he could have been treated if his bowel cancer was detected earlier. He doesnt want anyone else to struggle to access a colonoscopy. The Southern District Health Board has publicly apologised for its colonoscopy service delivery failures and committed to fixing it, but patients say they want to know how things will change. Wanaka grandfather Paul Cosgrove has made peace with the fact that he’s living on borrowed time He knows that if his bowel canc...