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 A
very kind young lady - Emma Coombe, pictured right, entered the
Great West Run and kindly chose to be sponsored to benefit the
Torbay Hospital League of Friends.
Emma wrote to us
saying....
“After growing up in Torbay I decided I didn't want to leave Devon
for university and am now studying to become a doctor at the
Peninsula Medical School. A few years ago however, just after my
18th birthday, I saw the other side of the medical profession when I
became a patient at Torbay Hospital.
I was admitted through the emergency department and was in
hypovolaemic shock from blood loss following an operation to remove
my tonsils.
I was successfully resuscitated with fluids and blood transfusions
and made a full recovery...but things may not have turned out so
brightly if it was not for the efforts of the experienced staff at
Torbay Hospital.
I am so grateful to them for saving me that day, and I made a
decision to run “The Great West Run” - a half marathon which takes
place this spring. All of my sponsorship donations will be in aid of
the Torbay League of Friends in support of the work they do in
helping the Hospital. I also aim to raise awareness for blood
donation, as I would not be alive now if not for the kind blood
donors that thought of others before themselves.
We can now report that
having completed the race - Emma raised a superb total of £246 for
the League. Congratulations, Emma, very well done and thank you from
"The Torbay Hospital League of Friends."
Lynne Hookings,
Chairman.
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