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I’m writing to you today because the solution is within your grasp. You can bring comfort to this patient.
Dr Élie Antébi has a message for you!
May 31, 2022
Right now, wait lists are very long for a patient with a medical problem like kidney stones or prostate hypertrophy.
Why? Because these surgeries mean a hospital admission. Because there are not enough beds. And not enough operating room availability. The result? Longer and longer wait lists.
Imagine you’ve retired. You have a million projects in mind but you’ve had a urine catheter in your pants day in and day out, for the last two years. Two years of discomfort. Two years of suffering. But there’s a surgery that could fix your problem in no time.
There’s a new laser on the market that can bring him and his family hope of returning to a normal life. Can you help us buy this laser?
A urinary catheter is not only for elderly patients who are inactive or at the end of life. Some of these patients are in their sixties and are still active. But there are worse examples. People who deteriorate. That’s what I call the downward spiral. Anxiety. Isolation. Depression. Precious moments with their wife, children and grandchildren—lost.
With the Soltive Thulium laser, we can treat these patients in day surgery with a local anesthetic. Instead of two days in hospital with the standard laser we’ve been using for years.
So, no more problems due to bed shortages! Faster surgery. No need to wait nine months or a year.
Cancer patients will also benefit from the laser. We’ll be able to remove small bladder tumours and upper urinary tract tumours in day surgery.
With this laser, you can give our patients the best possible option for their health.
