Hospital thanks groups for monitor donations
HEART monitors ideal for cardiac patients on the islands have been bought by Oban hospital thanks to £4,100 raised by two organisations.
Two donations of £ 3,500 from Argyll Beats Cardiovascular Disease (ABCD) and £600 from the Lorn Ploughing Match have helped Lorn and Islands Hospital pay for six portable heart monitors.
‘They are a great asset to the cardiac department,’ specialist cardiac physiologist Jayne Mahmoud told fundraisers at a demonstration in the hospital’s cardio-respiratory unit.
‘They’re small but extremely useful. With these we can send patients home, and it will monitor their heart rhythm for up to seven days. They are ideal for patients on the islands.’
The monitors, which cost £1,500 each, were then modelled by social worker Ryan Whiteside, who joked to the room: ‘Let’s hope I don’t get bad news.’
Thanking both organisations, Ms Mahmoud added: ‘The ploughing match has donated so much over the years, in excess of £9,000. ABCD has also been a great supporter, donating money for two portable cardiac ultra-sounds.’
ABCD Volunteer Andy Henderson said the money was raised through the charity’s events and donations and has raised more than £250,000 since it started in 2000.
Donnie Campbell of Lorn Ploughing Match, which raised the cash at its annual contest in Connel in March, explained: ‘There’s quite a few of us who have benefited from this place. I’m very grateful.’