.Britain's Princess Beatrice unveiled a new £500,000 state-of-the-art body scanner for young cancer patients at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh yesterday (20.08.14).
The 26-year-old royal - who is Royal Patron for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation (SKFF) - unveiled the impressive piece of machinery which will help to treat children with cancer, and during her visit she met several patients who could benefit from the system.
Following the visit, Beatrice took to her Twitter account to reveal she was feeling "so proud" of all the amazing work that goes on at the hospital.
She wrote: "Great visit today to Edinburgh and The Royal Hospital for Sick Children. So proud to see their incredible work!"
Beatrice was set the task of cutting the ribbon on the new £500,000 gamma ray scanning system, which was purchased thanks to a donation from SKFF.
Oncologist Dr. Mark Brougham is particularly delighted with the new piece of machinery.
He said: "It is more advanced than our previous equipment and enables us to see the cancer in more detail. The information the machine gives us benefits the hospital as a whole as better diagnosis can lead to more efficient treatment."
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