Thank you to our incredible supporters at Apex Contractors for keeping our wheelchair campaign rolling along by donating a whopping £4,000 to our Thirty at 30 appeal. The Bexley-based company pledged to make a £25 donation to charity for every conversation they had at Kent Construction Expo. Some 160 conversations later, an opportunity arose to […]
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Woo hoo! We’re off to a ‘wheely’ good start as the Medway Sunlight Rotary Club has got our campaign rolling by donating the first £1,000 of our £30,000 wheelchair appeal. Donna Law, Head of The Medway Hospital Charity, was delighted to join Rotarian David Taylor for a cheque presentation. She said: “We would like to
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To celebrate its 30th anniversary, The Medway Hospital Charity is rolling out its Thirty at 30 campaign to raise £30,000 to buy 30 new wheelchairs for Medway Maritime Hospital.
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Dementia and end of life (EOL) patients can now receive an alternative holistic treatment away from a ward setting thanks to a dedicated space that’s been created at Medway Maritime Hospital. The Namaste Care Room, based on Tennyson Ward, offers a quiet, non-clinical space for the hospital’s Namaste Care Practitioner Emily Brown to deliver Namaste
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A grateful family has worked tirelessly to raise £7,000 to support the Intensive Care Unit, who cared for their son. Gary Bush died unexpectedly from an Asthma attack in 2019 and, since then, the family has been fundraising in his memory. The family recently visited the hospital to donate another £1,500 to The Medway Hospital
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A patient’s legacy will continue to touch the lives of patients, staff and volunteers after a generous donation of £4,000 was left in her memory to The Medway Hospital Charity. Lisa Scott sadly died last year aged 42, following a diagnosis of breast cancer. She was a vibrant, kind-hearted person with a learning disability, who
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A grateful patient has donated £5,000 to our charity in recognition of the excellent care he received at Medway Maritime Hospital. Chris Mills (77) a retired airline pilot, was found on the ground, unresponsive and without a pulse, near Dockside outlet shopping centre by off-duty nurse, Rachael Lewis. She administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), while waiting
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Three-and-a-half years after starting chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a delighted Oscar Maxwell has rung the bell to signal the end of his treatment. Oscar, 16, was joined by his parents, Catherine and Mike, and his twin sister, Holly, to celebrate this important milestone last Friday (21 February) on Dolphin Ward at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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We have just four spaces left for our charity challenge at the Skywire at Bluewater on Saturday 29 March. Would you like to take the leap and join our wonderful team of challengers at this adrenaline-fuelled event? Experience the thrill of the England’s longest and fastest zipline—while raising funds for The Medway Hospital Charity. It
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A physiotherapist at Medway Maritime Hospital is helping some of the hospital’s sickest patients on road to recovery thanks to new equipment funded by The Medway Hospital Charity. Emily Haines, a physiotherapist in the Critical Care and Surgical Team came up with the idea of a mobile rehabilitation trolley, to help early rehabilitation for patients
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