Law firm raises £25,000 for GOSH
Law firm Weightmans has raised £25,000 for Great Ormond Street
Hospital Children’s Charity.
The donation will pay for a new Vital Signs Monitor - a machine
measuring and displaying heart rate, breathing rate and blood
pressure - for the hospital's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Weightmans has a long standing association with Great Ormond
Street Hospital Children’s Charity with the firm's staff previously
taking part in a number of fundraising initiatives including the
Great Wall of China Trek. The firm's donation of £25,000 was raised
through a charity dinner at the HAC in London.
Great Ormond Street Hospital treats many thousands of patients
each year - children who are suffering from the rarest, most
complex and often life-threatening conditions.
The Hospital for Sick Children, as it was known at the time,
first opened its doors at 49 Great Ormond Street on Valentine's Day
1852 with ten beds. In 2002, the hospital celebrated its 150th
anniversary with a year of commemorative and fundraising events
supported by Victoria Beckham, HM The Queen and Prime Minister Tony
Blair.
Said Ian Evans, senior partner at
Weightmans:
"Great Ormond Street Hospital treats many thousands of patients
each year and depends on continuous fundraising to ensure it
remains a world class hospital. We are very proud to play a small
part in this."
About Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s
Charity:
Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading
children’s hospitals with the broadest range of dedicated,
children’s healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The
hospital’s pioneering research and treatment gives hope children
who are suffering from the rarest, most complex and often
life-threatening conditions, from across the country and
abroad.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity needs to raise
£50 million a year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond
Street Hospital, provide vital up-to-date equipment and fund
research into better treatments for the children. You can help us
to provide world class care for our patients and families. For more
information visit www.gosh.org