MAIDSTONE, England, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR).

PENSIONER Doreen Ford was one of more than 90 patients who died after contracting C.diff during Britain's worst ever outbreak. She caught the bug at Maidstone Hospital two years ago while having chemotherapy for her breast cancer.

How come French and Saunders get TV airtime while Jo Brand languishes on the sidelines? One of Jo's cream cakes is funnier than Jen 'n' Dawn's entire output. But that's the way TV works, I suppose.

By Anonymous Introduction Last April I wrote about the great idea that the Board of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust had come up with to save some money (Wright 2007). They had asked for their staff to work extra shifts for no extra money or take some unpaid leave for six months or so.

A HOSPITAL has lost the medical details of hundreds of its breast cancer patients. The Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre at Maidstone Hospital, Kent, apologised to 240 women after a computer memory stick went missing last week. It contained their names, ages and diagnosis.