- Asda help Southport’s Special Care Baby Unit
- Report with thanks to Healthstart's Nicky Williams.
SOUTHPORT and Formby District General Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit has benefited from almost £10,000 from
ASDA.
In March 2002 Southport’s newly opened Asda store chose the neonatal unit to raise money for during its first year.
Staff at the Special Care Baby Unit, spurred on by Sister Margy Crotty, joined forces with
ASDA's events co-ordinator, Barbara Sheilds, to raise money to assist the unit’s work.
Together, their fundraising efforts have fetched in £9,580, with events such as pancake races, trolley dashes, wine tasting and raffles.
ASDA's final donation of £1,800 was made on the store’s first birthday, March 18.
The money raised will be used to purchase a ventilator to assist sick newborn babies who have breathing difficulties.
Clare Vattev, Nurse Manager at the Special Care Baby Unit, said:- “The neonatal units at both Southport and Ormskirk hospital sites provide intensive and special care for newborn babies within the areas.
“Being able to purchase new equipment such as the ventilator has made a big difference to our work. It allows us to care for babies within our own hospitals and has helped parents who previously had to travel to Liverpool and Manchester for their babies to be cared for.”
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