Vital equipment funded by generous donation from local family
20 October 2010
The family of Jason Fisher, a young man who died in the intensive therapy unit (ITU) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, has donated a cheque for £12,000, helping to buy new life-saving equipment.
The money was raised from the proceeds of a ball held in Ludgershall in Jason’s memory, last year’s Jay Fest music festival and a number of ongoing individual donations from friends and family.
Jason’s family have been fundraising for the unit for the last two years after being impressed with the care he received and the staff who looked after not only Jason but his parents and siblings.
Jane Skinner, matron for ITU at the hospital, said the £12,000 donation will buy a number of new, state-of-the-art infusion pumps which administer medication to patients and have additional features that make the monitoring easier for staff.
“We’re overwhelmed by the continued support from the Fisher family and are so grateful for their donations”, said Jane. “We’ve been able to buy a lot of new equipment that will benefit many patients for years to come”.
The family has been involved in a number of events in Ludgershall, such as the popular Jay Fest music festival which was attended this year by more than 1,500 people. Last year, Jason’s family and friends donated £2,500 to ITU which was used to purchase an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine. A further £8,000 was also donated which went towards a new hoist that is now being used to move patients and can weigh them at the same time, as well as a number of TVs and DVD players for patients in recovery.
Jason Fisher, from Ludgershall, near Thame, died in the hospital’s intensive therapy unit (ITU) in July 2008, after complications arose following surgery abroad.
The Trust, and in particular the ITU department, would like to thank the Fisher family for their ongoing support.
ENDS.
Notes to editors:
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from three acute hospital sites in Amersham, Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, five community hospitals at Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross and Waterside, and a number of community sites across the county. Details of these can be found here: www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/For-patients-and-visitors/hospitals-and-community-facilities.htm
• Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre
• More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m, for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries
For further information, contact the communications team on 01494 734959 or at communications@buckshosp.nhs.uk.
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