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Current Projects
The new Centre for Education, Innovation & Research
Visit the "Home" page for up-to-date news about this
exciting project. The new Centre is extremely important because its purpose is to keep South Devon Healthcare at the leading edge of innovation and
team working in Healthcare - which will be of great benefit to all patients across
South Devon.
Trust's Ambulance Crews
get a 'big lift' from the League
 Four
sets of Stair Climbers costing in the region of £20,000 have been given by the
League of Friends for use by the Trust's ambulance crews.
These amazing battery operated chairs can transport someone who cannot walk up
or down stairs, without the need for any lifting.
It will be more comfortable for the patient than being lifted, and very much
easier for the crews - who frequently find themselves having to lift heavy
people plus the weight of their wheelchairs up or down whole flights of stairs
at their homes.
Each chair can accommodate someone weighing up to 25 stone, and can climb or
descend between 300 and 500 steps before the battery needs re-charging.
Having four sets of the Stair Climbers means that they can be kept at locations
across the South Devon area, from Teignmouth/Dawlish to Dartmouth, so they will
be quite close at hand whenever they are needed unexpectedly.
Until now it has sometimes needed two ambulances and four crew members to attend
at a patient's home in order to be able to carry them downstairs and into one of
the ambulances.
League Chairman John Lindsay and League President Fred Payne handed over the
equipment to the Patient Transport Service in September.
We are always
looking for new members to join the League.
If you have had reason to be
grateful to Torbay Hospital or if you would like to support the League, then
please contact the
Secretary.
Membership does not require any work, just a subscription of an amount of your
own choice. To join please see the
'How to help' page.
The League's newsletter is produced
regularly to provide an update on current projects - visit our "Home" page to
download the last three issues.
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