New heart campaign launched
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Kind-hearted donors have helped kick start a Gazette campaign to help a Teesside charity to save lives.
The Help Save a Life campaign was launched just over two weeks ago to help the South Cleveland Heart Fund (SCHF) raise £1m for the Cardiothoracic Unit at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
And already, a fantastic £12,962 has flooded in from generous Teessiders - bringing the total raised since the charity launched its appeal to just over £51,000.
The SCHF supports the Cardiothoracic Unit at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
It was set up in 1994 by Dr Adrian Davies and has since raised about £1.4m. It supports all aspects of the unit and its expansion to what it is today. It provided additional equipment, training and research not funded by the NHS.
Now, the charity has set itself its first ever fundraising target - to raise £1m to fund the major upgrade of an MRI scanner so it can deliver state-of-the-art scanning and a full Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) service.
Currently there are four MRI scanners in the trust but only one is equipped to do cardiac scanning.
The money will mean one of the scanners will be upgraded to the highest specification and the other will be completely replaced - with double the magnetic power.
Keith Robson, treasurer of the SCHF, said: “In the first week I received 58 cheques totalling £4,170 directly as a result of the Gazette campaign - with individual donations ranging from £5 to £1,000.”
Dr Adrian Davies said “cheques are coming in thick and fast” since the campaign kicked off and thanked everyone who has donated so far.
“We are relying on the generosity of the people of Teesside and our patients,” he added.
“Everyone is a potential patient for the unit.”
To help, go to the website or send a cheque, payable to South Cleveland Heart Fund and marked “scanner appeal”, to treasurer Keith Robson at 117 Roman Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QB.
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