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A
group of Southampton runners have put their best feet forward to raise money for
a vital heart-scanning machine for the city’s children.
Over
40 women from the area took part in the Flora Light Ladies’ Challenge in Hyde
Park, London and completed the 5 km course to collect cash for the Southampton
Supporters of charity Cardiac Risk in the Young.
The
money raised from the event, which has not yet been totalled, will go towards
buying a new heart scanner to be used to monitor the hearts of youngsters in the
city.
Mary
Abraham, from Bitterne, began fundraising for the charity after her son, Philip,
died at the age of 16 of sudden heart failure.
She
said: “I’m trying to raise awareness and trying to raise funds to buy
another heart scanning machine that could be put in a local hospital or doctors
surgery.
“It’s
raising awareness that some children have practically a time bomb in their body,
so just a simple test could save lives.
“To
have mobile heart screening machines for the local youngsters is what we aim
for.”
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