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Those whose lives have been saved thanks to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are getting behind a campaign to bring a new scanner to The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. Cath Crouch, from Northallerton, shared her selfie on @STeesCharity Twitter as part of the #MyReasonIs campaign stating: “MRI saved my life when they found out I had thrombosis”.
More than 500 people visited Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium for a football tournament that raised almost £12,000 for The James Cook University Hospital’s renal unit and Islamic Relief.
South Tees Hospitals Charity are hosting a competition that will run for one week and will allow a lucky winner to receive a brand new Xbox One. To enter the competition: Go to @STeesCharity Twitter page, RT one of their tweets regarding this competition an give them a follow!
A new charity hub located in the heart of James Cook is set to open this month. The hub was due to open on the 1 July, however, due to unforeseen circumstances, the opening has been pushed back and it will open within the next fortnight.
A warm-hearted Grandad is set to become a social media sensation at the age of 85, after launching a new Twitter campaign in the final push to give The Friarage Hospital its own MRI scanner. Bill, a retired prison service worker and well-known, friendly face at The Friarage, has raised a massive £6,200 for the Northallerton hospital’s MRI Scanner appeal in less than a year, initially selling car raffle tickets, before going on to hold a regular tombola stall of his own.
A Staithes family have raised more than £2,400 to thank the hospital teams that helped give them their boy back. 15-year-old James Ditchburn was rushed into The James Cook University Hospital last November where he required two major operations to deal with a burst appendix.
Adventurous members of Middlesbrough Rugby Club (MRUFC) are taking on a mammoth challenge for The James Cook University Hospital’s neonatal unit.
A mum-of-two who discovered she had breast cancer thanks to a routine mammogram provided by her employer Marks & Spencer raised £4,200 for a charity close to her heart – with a little help from colleagues and customers of the same store. Karen Laskey, 54, of Ingleby Barwick, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and took the rest of the year off work from her job as a sales assistant as she fought the disease.
Lindsey Blackburn, 30, has kick started the ultimate challenge with the first of her ‘Mile2marathon’ events to help tiny babies at the neonatal intensive care unit at James Cook.
Dare devil June Parsons is aiming high and facing her fears to help the NHS where she has been both a member of staff and a patient. Former nurse, June, retired from Middlesbrough’s The James Cook University Hospital after 35 years working in the NHS.