Funding by Medway League of Friends benefits patients

Young patients at Medway Maritime Hospital’s neonatal unit are benefiting from new life-saving equipment thanks to £25,751 funding from the Medway League of Friends.

Vital funds raised by generous donations and profits from the League’s hospital shop and café have allowed the hospital’s unit for sick and premature babies to purchase 25 new infant resuscitators.

Julie Douglas, Unit Manager and Senior Sister, Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit said: “We are very grateful to the League of Friends for their help in funding the new Neopuff resuscitators for our intensive care unit and special care nursery.

“This new equipment helps to increase assurance of the safety of the babies and ensure that our cot-side resuscitation system is compatible with the equipment used in the delivery suite.”