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2008
(April 25th) |
CRY-supported art project
'Silent at Heart' wins three accolades at the Cardiac Nursing Awards
2008 |
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2008
(April 13th) |
Over 80 CRY runners enter the
2008 London Marathon - backed by our biggest ever team of
supporters, masseurs and cheerleaders! |
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2008
(March 7th) |
Official
launch of the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology, headed by Dr Mary
Sheppard |
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2008
(March 7th) |
Sir Clive
Woodward OBE becomes a Patron of CRY |
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2008
(February 28th) |
New CRY screening initiative launched at
Number
11 Downing Street by Andy Burnham MP |
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2007
(December) |
The CRY website
experiences a surge in visitors at the end of the year, following the
sudden death of Motherwell football player Phil O'Donnell |
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2007
(November) |
CRY's screening service
continues to be busy. A 3-day screening event is held in Northern
Ireland, with further dates announced for screenings in 2008 |
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2007
(November 27th) |
BBC Journalist
Paul Clabburn writes a
compelling
article for the BBC News website about the sudden death of his son
Tom |
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2007
(November 20th) |
CRY holds its
first ever
breakfast event at the National Gallery |
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2007
(November 7th) |
Kevan Jones MP
mentions CRY in his
response to the Queen's Speech |
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2007
(October) |
A CRY profile
appears on the popular social network website
Facebook |
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2007
(October 12th/13th) |
CRY holds its
second annual
International Medical Conference |
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2007
(September) |
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young sudden deaths in Northern Ireland receive a lot of media coverage.
This leads to a massive increase in demand for appointments at CRY's
Northern Ireland Screening Clinic,
with several extra dates being added |
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2007
(September 4th) |
'Silent at
Heart' art exhibition in support of CRY |
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2007
(August) |
CRY Patron
Andy Scott
calls for more cardiac screening of footballers, following deaths at
Walsall and Seville and a near-fatal incident at Leicester |
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2007
(August) |
The Department of
Health endorses CRY's
co-ordinated fast track service
for affected families |
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2007
(July 26th) |
CRY announce the launch of the
Save Our
Athletes Research Project in conjunction with Philips |
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2007
(July 15th) |
CRY Patron Kathryn
Harries is joined by over 300 CRY supporters on an
8km sponsored walk across
8 London Bridges |
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2007
(July 15th) |
CRY
holds its annual
Parliamentary Reception
at Westminster. Guests of honour are CRY Patrons David Walliams
and Kathryn Harries |
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2007
(June 18th) |
CRY Patron David
Walliams helps to launch the
Heart Screening Awareness
Partnership - a joint initiative between CRY and Philips
Medical Systems |
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2007
(June 17th/18th) |
5
teams complete the
3 Peaks
Challenge to raise money for CRY in memory of Howard and Sebastian
English. In total they raise over £100,000 in one of the most
successful CRY fundraising events ever |
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2007
(June 15th) |
In the Queen's
Birthday Honours List 2007, CRY Honorary President, Ian Botham OBE, is
awarded a Knighthood; and CRY Founder and Chief Executive, Alison Cox,
is awarded an MBE |
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2007
(April 22nd) |
Over 80 CRY runners take part in the
2007 London Marathon
- one of the hottest for years |
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2007
(April) |
Ray
Wilkins becomes a CRY Patron |
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2007
(March 8th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the Scotland postcard |
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2007
(March 1st) |
CRY announces
£300,000 of funding
to facilitate
coroner referrals to an
expert cardiac pathologist when a young person dies suddenly and the cause
is unknown |
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2007
(February 9th) |
The Rt Hon Don
Touhig MP becomes the
100th member of the CRY
APPG |
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2007
(February) |
Emily
Maitlis becomes a CRY Patron |
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2006
(December) |
John and Diane Ber
appear on ITV
Tyne Tees News talking about the loss of their daughter Kasia |
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2006
(November 1st) |
Launch of the
CRY
Screening Service for Northern Ireland |
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2006
(October 16th) |
CRY Patron Simon Halliday
undertakes more fundraising for CRY, joining Honorary CRY
President Ian Botham on the Oxford leg of his 'Botham Walk 2006' |
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2006
(October 15th/16th) |
CRY hosts
international medical conference at the Institute of Child
Health in London |
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2006
(September) |
Kathryn
Harries officially announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2006
(September) |
Andy Scott
officially announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2006
(August 6th) |
CRY Chairman
Professor Greg Whyte makes an
attempt to swim across the English
Channel, having previously trained CRY Patron David Walliams
for his cross-Channel swim |
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2006
(July 20th) |
Gregor
Townsend MBE
officially announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2006
(July 5th) |
David
Walliams officially announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2006
(July 5th) |
CRY
Parliamentary Reception 2006.
CRY announce a grant of £180,000 to Pathologist Dr Mary Sheppard, to fund
3 years of medical research |
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2006
(April 28th) |
The
inquest
into the sudden death of Lisa Jane Browne, daughter of CRY
supporter Doreen Harley, is re-opened following a momentous High Court
ruling. |
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2006
(April 23rd) |
More than 80 CRY
runners take part in the
London Marathon. Mark
Richards, running in a CRY Heart costume, is once again one of the first
costume runners across the finishing line. Meanwhile
Peter Snell tackles the course at a slightly slower pace,
hopping the 26 miles on crutches |
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2006
(April) |
Simon
Halliday officially announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2006
(April) |
New additions to
CRY's range
of merchandise include the CRY mini rugby ball, CRY gym bag and
CRY water bottle |
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2006
(April) |
Fundraising
section of the CRY website given a complete overhaul |
|
2006
(March 21st) |
CRY Publications
Co-ordinator Mark Fox returns from an epic 9-day
fundraising trek in the Sahara Desert |
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2006
(March 19th) |
Simon Halliday
leads a team of more than 70 CRY runners in the
Bath Half Marathon.
Simon is joined on the day by a host of former rugby internationals,
including Will Carling, Jason Leonard and Mike Teague. |
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2006
(March 15th) |
Simon Halliday and
David Trick organise a Sportsman's Dinner in aid of CRY at the Marriott
Hotel in London |
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2006
(March 2nd) |
CRY's survey
results are addressed in an
article in The Guardian
newspaper |
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2006
(March 1st) |
CRY
release
survey results which
suggest the most PCTs have taken no steps towards implementing the
guidelines in the new NSF Chapter 8 - one year after it was published. |
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2005
(December) |
John Inverdale officially
announced as a new CRY Patron |
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2005
(November) |
Book
of inspirational quotes put together by young CRY supporter
Julie Tanner goes on sale in bookshops |
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2005
(October) |
CRY supporter Robi
Fox announces he will be raffling a
signed Chelsea shirt |
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2005
(October) |
Ex-England Rugby
star Simon Halliday pledges to organise a massive
fundraising event for CRY |
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2005
(October 13th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the West postcard |
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2005
(July) |
Dr Sandeep
Basavarajaiah becomes CRY's new Research Fellow, working under
CRY Consultant Cardiologist Dr Sanjay Sharma |
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2005
(July 21st) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the East postcard |
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2005
(July 5th) |
CMA / CRY
first national conference
on the new NSF chapter |
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2005
(July 4th) |
CRY featured in the national media in an
Evening Standard
article interviewing Ian
Botham |
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2005
(June 15th) |
CRY
Parliamentary Reception to
help mark 10th Anniversary |
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2005
(June 11th) |
CRY
Bereavement Support Day |
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2005
(June 9th) |
CRY praised in
Westminster debate about the
new NSF chapter on Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death |
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2005
(June 8th) |
CRY supporter Rob Thorne appears on 'This
Morning' on ITV |
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2005
(May 31st) |
CRY featured in the national media in a Daily
Express
article about Lisa Jane
Browne |
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2005
(May 18th) |
Second group of 8 CRY Bereavement Supporters
complete their 2-year skills and theory residential training course |
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2005
(May 17th) |
CRY featured in the national media in The
Guardian in an
article by Fred Pearce
about the loss of his son |
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2005
(May 2nd) |
CRY featured in the national media in a Daily
Telegraph
article about the Hunter
family |
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2005
(May 1st) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the Northern Ireland postcard |
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2005
(May) |
CRY Chairman Greg Whyte earns Professorship |
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2005
(May) |
CRY charity
wristbands launched |
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2005
(April 17th) |
London Marathon - more than 70 people run for CRY. CRY heart
costume runners are once again the first costume runners to finish.
One of the costume runners - Philip Allen - is interviewed on BBC
television |
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2005
(April 17th) |
CRY featured in the national media in a News of the World
article
about Leyton Orient football star Andy Scott |
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2005
(April) |
The CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology launches
its own dedicated
website |
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2005
(March 31st) |
The Community and
Performance Departments of the
Rugby Football Union voice their support
for CRY, with plans for increased screening of young rugby players |
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2005
(March 16th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the North postcard |
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2005
(March 4th) |
The Department of Health
announce the
launch of the new National Service Framework chapter on
Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death - including sudden death in young
people |
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2005
(February 18th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the South East postcard |
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2005
(February 2nd) |
The International Olympic
Committee’s Medical Commission
adopt recommendations that athletes be
screened for heart problems prior to competing. |
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2005
(February 2nd) |
European Society of Cardiology
calls for all young athletes to be screened |
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2005
(January 7th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the Wales postcard |
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2005
(January) |
New CRY badge - special 10th Anniversary logo |
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2004
(December 12th) |
Dr Roger Boyle, National Clinical Director of
Heart Disease, speaks at first meeting of CRY APPG |
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2004
(November 26th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the North West postcard |
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2004
(October 29th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the South postcard |
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2004
(September 30th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the North East postcard |
|
2004
(August 26th) |
CRY
postcard campaign continues
- launch of the South West postcard |
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2004
(July 15th) |
Parliamentary launch of CRY's
national
postcard campaign. The first postcard in the campaign
features the faces of eight young people from the Midlands who died
suddenly due to cardiac abnormalities |
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2004
(March 12th) |
Dari Taylor MP withdraws her Private Members
Bill when the Minister for Public Health, Melanie Johnson MP, agrees to
establish an expert group to draw up new guidelines for health service
providers, through a new chapter in the National Service Framework. CRY
will be represented in this group. |
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2004
(March 10th) |
Dari Taylor MP's Private Members Bill -
Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill - debated in Westminster |
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2004
(February) |
SADS booklet and dedicated
website launched |
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2004
(January) |
Ethical approval granted to introduce cardiac
testing in state schools in Lewisham and Essex |
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2003
(June 10th) |
First CRY
Bereavement Support Day and official
launch of the CRY Bereavement Supporters (funded by the Department of
Health) |
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2003
(May 15th) |
First group of 11 CRY Bereavement Supporters
complete their 2-year skills and theory residential
training course |
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2003
(March 10th) |
Parliamentary launch of CRY Referral
Clinics |
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2002
(October) |
First meeting of the CRY
Surgery Supporters
Club |
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2002
(July) |
Parliamentary launch of the CRY
All Party
Parliamentary Group, by Ian Botham OBE |
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2002
(June) |
First ECG testing in a state school after
gaining ethical approval in the
Western Isles of Scotland |
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2002
(April 15th) |
Parliamentary reception - CRY
Centre for
Sports Cardiology launched by Honorary President Ian Botham OBE.
Health Minister Yvette Cooper MP announces Department of Health grant of
£100,000 over 3 years, for the continued development of CRY's bereavement
support programme |
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2002
(January) |
Ian Botham OBE becomes Honorary President of
CRY |
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2001
(June 21st) |
Adjournment
debate on Heart Disease (Young
People) with Julian Lewis MP and Health Minister Yvette Cooper MP.
Yvette Cooper MP announces that "...implementation rates [of ICDs] to rise
from the present 17 per 1 million people to around 50 per 1 million
people." |
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2001
(May) |
Millfield School - first private school to
offer ECG testing to pupils |
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2000
(August) |
Launch of the CRY website and research arm of
CRY |
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2000
(May) |
First group of people begin training to become
CRY
Bereavement Supporters |
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2000
(April) |
Launch of CRY's
Heart costume runners at the
London Marathon |
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2000
(January) |
Sir Steve Redgrave becomes
Patron of CRY |
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1999
(February 7th) |
First CRY ECG testing conference at
Wolverhampton University |
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1998
(October) |
Adrian Woodhead (in memory of his wife, Sarah)
wrote to all MPs and started CRY's lobbying campaign of government to
address the issue of Sudden Cardiac Death in young people |
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1998
(October) |
CRY Press
Conference during the
Anna Loyley inquest |
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1998
(September) |
Donation of CRY
screening van, launching the expansion of CRY's screening programme |
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1998
(May) |
Julian Lewis MP
invites his constituent, Adrian Woodhead, and CRY's Chief Executive Alison
Cox to
Westminster |
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1997
(August) |
First large-scale
ECG screening - 283 ECGs and 93 ECHOs in one day, in Brighouse, Yorkshire
(in memory of
Dominic O'Loughlin) |
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1997
(June) |
Donation of first
ECG machine (in memory of Dominic O'Loughlin) |
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1997
(January) |
CRY completed
funding of
Siemens Accuson Ultrasound ECHO machine worth £140,000, at St.
George's Hospital. This machine has now tested over 14,500 people |
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1996 |
Lawn Tennis
Association formalise screening programme with CRY that had been done
annually since 1993. Become the first sport in the UK to offer
comprehensive cardiac testing to all its elite junior athletes |
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1995
(May 3rd) |
CRY founded by
Alison Cox - launched by the death of John Marshall |
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1994 |
Tennis 'Skipathon'
raises £10,000 as a down-payment for an echocardiogram machine that
launched the Specialist Cardiac Unit at
St. George's Hospital, Tooting |
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1993
(November) |
First cardiac
screening by Professor McKenna and Alison Cox, of Elite Tennis Players at
the Lawn Tennis Association National Tournament. Included Tim Henman,
Jamie Delgado and Jo Durie |
