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 # This Cancer Patient Used ebay to Do Something Incredible for His Hospital

 

##### Steve Brewer, 62, found the amazing gift while in his hospital bed

 

 

 Feb 26, 2018 8:25 AM ET

  Campaign:  [Everyday Heroes](/news/campaign/everyday-heroes)  ![](https://3blcdn.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/2026-08/GR-EBAY-CANCER-HOSPITAL014_1786879992.jpg "Steve Brewer using one of the triple pump machines. Picture: Terry Harris/Bav Media")

 Steve Brewer using one of the triple pump machines. Picture: Terry Harris/Bav Media 

 

[Originally published on Cambridge News](http://bit.ly/2EuZ3ZM)

A cancer patient who was told his hospital couldn't afford more chemotherapy machines bought seven after finding them for £175 on eBay.  
  
Steve Brewer, 62, was told by nurses at Peterborough City Hospital that they couldn't afford to buy any more £4,300 triple pump machines, which administer cancer drugs.   
  
But when he looked online from his hospital bed, he found them for a fraction of the cost, and has now donated seven of them to the ward he was treated on.

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