The donation underscores the ongoing commitment of the local charity to provide practical support to women’s health in the Coffs Coast community.

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Dr Marilyn Clarke, Staff Specialist at Coffs Harbour Health Campus, expressed deep appreciation for the donation.

“The Pink Silks Trust was instrumental in establishing our colposcopy clinic four years ago, providing crucial gynaecological services to women who could not access private clinics,” she said.

“This new donation will allow us to purchase a second gynaecology examination bed and additional instruments, significantly expanding our capacity.”

Dr Clarke said the clinic had a critical role to play in women’s health outcomes.

“A public colposcopy service is essential for assessing women with abnormal cervical screening results.

“Early detection and treatment are vital to preventing progression to cervical cancer.

“With the addition of two full-time obstetrics and gynaecological staff specialists, we can now increase our colposcopy sessions and consider expanding our services to include other gynaecological conditions.”

The expanded services will include a new High Suspicion for Cancer (HSC) clinic, focusing on conditions that are potentially malignant or pre-malignant.

Tanya Johnson OAM, Chair and Co-Founder of the Pink Silks Perpetual Trust, said the Pink Silks Committee was delighted it could provide tangible and meaningful support to the clinic.

“Initially PST supported this new service at the hospital to provide access to all local women with an abnormal cervical result, the right to timely diagnosis and treatment,” she said.

“In the current economic times, PST believes this extra service will provide more crucial access to those women not in a financial position to be seen privately.

“Now, having two fully equipped rooms to support two specialists and their teams, will result in decreased wait times, increasing the chance of early detection and prompt treatment.

“PST will always be that charity that will step up if we can reduce the impact physically, emotionally and financially, to our local women and their families, when diagnosed with a health illness.

“We are proud to contribute to its growth and ensure that more women can access the care they need.”

In the past seventeen years, the Pink Silks Trust has raised $1.375 million in support of women’s health initiatives, most of which has supported services based at Coffs Harbour Health Campus.

Ms Johnson said the huge financial support for these services was made possible by the Coffs Coast community which supported fundraisers such as the Pink Silks Race Day and Pink Silks Golf Day, both held annually in January.

By Andrea FERRARI