New state-of-the-art machinery has been installed at the city's largest hospital as part of ongoing efforts to raise £800,000 for a new one stop breast cancer unit.
The new biopsy machine has been funded by fundraisers and supports of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital's Boudicca Appeal.
More than £250,000 has been raised of the £800,000 appeal to create a breast cancer unit on the hospital site, where patients can have all the necessary treatment in one appointment.
The next phase of the Boudicca Appeal is to create a third ultrasound room at the hospital, improve reception and waiting areas.
The appeal also aims to develop dedicated quiet and counselling rooms for patients facing a cancer diagnosis.
Read more: Ambitious £800,000 bid launched to stop 'torture' of waits for breast cancer diagnosisDr Arne Juette, consultant radiologist and director of breast screening at NNUH, said: "It is the latest technological advance and enables us to see a lot more patients a lot more quickly, which is one of the aims of the Boudicca Appeal.
"The new machine also makes biopsies a lot more tolerable for women and we can diagnose more women more quickly."
Read more: More than £100,000 raised for breast cancer appeal in just four months
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